SUAEDA VERA

Family and Genus:- See- AMARANTHACEAE

Common Names:- Shrubby seablite

Homotypic Synonyms:- Chenopodina vera, Salsola vera, Schoberia vera,

Suaeda fruticosa subsp. vera.

Meaning:- Suaeda (L) From the Arabic, suwed-mullah, for Suaeda baccata.

Vera (L) Meaning uncertain.

General description:- Small hairless shrub.

Stem:-

1) Up to 120 cm.

Leaves:-

1) 5-18 x (0·8-)1-2·5 mm, semi-cylindrical, usually apiculate, sessile, glaucous.

Flowers:-

1) Cymes, dense, shorter than the bracts.

2) Stigmas, 0·2-0·4 mm, connate at the base, flat, lobed, forming a complex peltate

capitate, structure.

3) Fruiting perianth, not inflated, usually green.

Fruit:-

1) Seeds, smooth, usually vertical.

Key features:-

1) Longest leaves, usually less than 18 mm.

2) Stigmas, 3; 0·2-0·4 mm, united at base, flat, or lobed, forming complex, peltate

or capitate structure.

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Habitat:- Coastal habitats and rocky hillslopes close to the coast.

Distribution:- Kasos, Karpathos, W. And S Europe. Sporadic occurrence on Crete.

Flowering time:- Oct-May.

Photos by:- Fotis Samaritakis