Suaeda conferta

(Small) I. M. Johnston

J. Arnold Arbor. 24: 230. 1943.

Common names: Tufted sea-blite
Basionym: Dondia conferta Small Bull. New York Bot. Gard. 1: 280. 1899
Synonyms: Suaeda insularis (Britton) Urban & Ekman
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 4. Treatment on page 397. Mentioned on page 396.

Shrubs, forming dense tufts and mats, 2–10 × 2–50 dm. Stems prostrate to decumbent, gray, branched, very brittle, occasionally rooting at nodes, glabrous, leaf scars ± knobby; branches prostrate to spreading, glaucous. Leaves crowded at tips of vegetative stems; petiole flat, ± 1 mm; blade glaucous, ellipsoid to narrowly ellipsoid; 2–10 × 1–2 mm, apex rounded. Glomes usually confined to distal stems and branches, forming ± densely crowded, ascending compound spikes, 1–5-flowered; branches 1–1.5 mm diam., as thick as vegetative ones; bracts glaucous, leaflike in shape, 1–5 mm. Flowers bisexual or pistillate; perianth 2–3 mm diam.; perianth segments proximally connate; ovary ± vase-shaped with necklike extension; stigmas 2–3. Seeds horizontal or vertical, 0.8–1.2 mm; seed coat black.


Phenology: Flowering spring–fall.
Habitat: Sandy beaches and dunes, saline flats, mostly on bare soils
Elevation: 0-200 m

Distribution

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Tex., Mexico, West Indies.

Discussion

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Wayne R. Ferren Jr. +  and H. Jochen Schenk +
(Small) I. M. Johnston +
Dondia conferta +
Tufted sea-blite +
Tex. +, Mexico +  and West Indies. +
0-200 m +
Sandy beaches and dunes, saline flats, mostly on bare soils +
Flowering spring–fall. +
J. Arnold Arbor. +
Suaeda insularis +
Suaeda conferta +
Suaeda sect. Limbogermen +
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