Salicornia pacifica, also known as pickleweed, sea asparagus, Pacific swampfire, Pacific glasswort or glasswort, is a species of low-growing perennial succulent halophyte in the genus Salicornia found in the Pacific coast of North America.
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Is it poisonous?
We have no record of Pacific Glasswort being toxic, poisonous or venomous. That is not proof that it is safe. Never eat, touch or handle a wild plant, mushroom or animal on the strength of an identification; ask someone qualified.
Easily confused with
- Salicornia neei
- Salicornia perennis
- Arthroceras subterminale
- Salicornia ambigua
- Salicornia depressa
- Salicornia pillansii
Classification
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Phylum
- Tracheophyta
- Class
- Magnoliopsida
- Order
- Caryophyllales
- Family
- Amaranthaceae
- Genus
- Salicornia
- Species
- Salicornia pacifica
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