Photos: Dungarvan, Co.Waterford

Purple Glasswort Salicornia ramosissima Family: Chenopodiaceae Flowering August-October. Annual. Native. Very variable in colour and habitat, difficult to distinguish from S. europaea. Flowers in threes. Stems knobbly, dark-green becoming deep reddish-purple. Single or much-branched. Erect or procumbent growth, to 40cm. Coastal, middle and upper zones of salt-marshes. Mainly S, SE Ireland. Identified by Paul Green Glassworts, Salicornia agg.

     



Purple Glasswort, Salicornia ramosissima. Dungarvan, County Waterford. September 2008