Suaeda maritima (L.) Dumort.
(Annual Sea-blite)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesSuaeda maritima (Annual Sea-blite)
GenusSuaeda (a genus of flowering plants)
FamilyAMARANTHACEAE (goosefoots, oraches, glassworts, amaranths & pigweeds)
OrderCARYOPHYLLALES (pinks, goosefoots and docks)
SubclassEU-DICOTS (dicotyledonous flowering plants)
ClassMAGNOLIOPSIDA (flowering plants)
PhylumTRACHEOPHYTA (vascular plants)
KingdomPLANTAE (plants)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)
Records of Suaeda maritima (Annual Sea-blite) :
1: Suaeda maritima (Annual Sea-blite)
9 Aug 2014 OSGR: SY67 50° 30’ N, 2° 30’ W Vice County: Dorset (VC 9) England
in shingle at top of tidal inlet
Image 1: Plant - oblique viewImage 2: Plant - oblique view (2)Image 3: Plant - oblique view (3)Image 4: Plants - top viewImage 5: Plant - top viewImage 6: Fertile branch - close-up - enlarged - white backgroundImage 7: Fertile branch - close-up - enlarged - white background (2)Image 8: Fertile branch - close-up - enlarged - white background (3)Image 9: Fertile branch - close-up - enlarged - white background (4)Image 10: Fertile branch - close-up - enlarged - white background (5)Image 11: Fertile branch - close-up - enlarged - white background (6)Image 12: Fertile branch - close-up - enlarged - white background (7)Image 13: Fertile branch - close-up - enlarged - white background (8)Image 14: Fertile branch - close-up - enlarged - white background (9)Image 15: Fertile branch - close-up - enlarged - white background (10)Image 16: Fruiting perianth - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 17: Seeds - magnified - dark backgroundImage 18: Seed surface - microscope low magnification - white background
2: Suaeda maritima (Annual Sea-blite)
11 Sep 2003 OSGR: SW97 50° 30’ N, 4° 50’ W Vice County: West Cornwall (VC 1) England
on saltmarsh
Image 1: PlantImage 2: Plant - close-upImage 3: ShootImage 4: Shoot (2)Image 5: Shoot (3)Image 6: Shoot with leaves, flowers, Fruiting perianthsImage 7: Fruiting perianths - enlargedImage 8: Fruiting perianths - magnifiedImage 9: Fruiting perianths - magnified (2)Image 10: Fruiting perianths - magnified (3)Image 11: Perianth removed to show unripe seed - magnified
3: Suaeda maritima (Annual Sea-blite)
19 Sep 1968 OSGR: TQ20 50° 50’ N, 0° 20’ W Vice County: East Sussex (VC 14) England

specimen with a few branches

Image 1: Plant

Suaeda maritima (Annual Sea-blite) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Suaeda maritima (Annual Sea-blite)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 6 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Suaeda maritima (Annual Sea-blite)
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