Photos: Tramore, Co.Waterford

One-flowered Glasswort Salicornia pusilla Family: Chenopodiaceae Flowering August-October. Annual. Native. Single flowers. Spikes break into segments as seeds ripen. Branches more/less straight. Yellowish-green, becoming orangy-purplish. Height to 25cm. Coastal. Found on the drier, upper parts of salt-marshes. SE Ireland. Identified by Paul Green Glassworts, Salicornia agg.

     
One-flowered Glasswort, Salicornia pusilla. Tramore, County Waterford. September 2008