Photos: Tramore, Co.Waterford

Common Glasswort Salicornia europaea Family: Chenopodiaceae Flowering August-October. Annual. Native. Flowers in groups of three. Much-branched, usually erect. Height to 35cm. Becomes yellowish-green flushed orangy-red at flowering time. Coastal, very frequent on all levels of salt-marshes round Irish coasts. Identified by Paul Green Glassworts, Salicornia agg.

       
Common Glasswort, Salicornia europaea. Tramore, County Waterford. September 2008