Posts Tagged: Amaranthaceae (Amaranth Family)
Four-wing Saltbush – Artiplex canescens
Family: Amaranth (Amaranthaceae) Other Common names: Chamiso, Wing-scale Photo Location: Floresville, Tx Habit: Tall, about 3 ft. irregularly branched. Leaves alternate Flower: Small in spikes. green/white Note: The name four-wing is given from the fruits that ripen with papery bracts
Four-wing Saltbush – Artiplex canescens
Family: Amaranth (Amaranthaceae) Other Common names: Chamiso, Wing-scale Photo Location: Floresville, Tx Habit: Tall, about 3 ft. irregularly branched. Leaves alternate Flower: Small in spikes. green/white Note: The name four-wing is given from the fruits that ripen with papery bracts
Wooly Tidestromia – Tidestromia lanuginosa
Family: Amaranthaceae (Amaranth Family) On sandy beach, Port O’Connor, Texas. Other Name: Honeysweet Amaranth
Wooly Tidestromia – Tidestromia lanuginosa
Family: Amaranthaceae (Amaranth Family) On sandy beach, Port O’Connor, Texas. Other Name: Honeysweet Amaranth
Fireweed – Kochia scoparia
Family: Amaranthaceae (Amaranth Family) Edible
Glasswort – Salicornia bigelovii
Family: Amaranthaceae (Amaranth Family) Other Name: Pickleweed. Very similar to the other Glasswort
Glasswort – Salicornia bigelovii
Family: Amaranthaceae (Amaranth Family) Other Name: Pickleweed. Very similar to the other Glasswort
Glasswort – Salicornia virginica
Scientific name: Salicornia virginica Family: Amaranth (Amaranthaceae) Other Common names: Virginia Pickleweed Photo Location: Bogey Bayou, Port O’Connor, in salt marsh. Fall Habit: Succulent, A perennial with straight and spreading fleshy stems. It does not require air passage to its
Glasswort – Salicornia virginica
Scientific name: Salicornia virginica Family: Amaranth (Amaranthaceae) Other Common names: Virginia Pickleweed Photo Location: Bogey Bayou, Port O’Connor, in salt marsh. Fall Habit: Succulent, A perennial with straight and spreading fleshy stems. It does not require air passage to its
Matamoros Saltbush – Artiplex matamorensis
Family: Amaranthaceae (Amaranth Family)
Quelite – Artiplex arenaria
Family: Amaranthaceae/Chenopodiaceae (Amaranth/Goosefoot Family) Found: Salt marsh in Port O’Connor, Texas /Edible
Quelite – Artiplex arenaria
Family: Amaranthaceae/Chenopodiaceae (Amaranth/Goosefoot Family) Found: Salt marsh in Port O’Connor, Texas /Edible
Bush Seepweed – Suaeda nigra
Family: Amaranthaceae /Chenopodiaceae (Amaranth/Goosefoot Family) Other Names: Seablite /Grows in salt marshes and beach sand
Bush Seepweed – Suaeda nigra
Family: Amaranthaceae /Chenopodiaceae (Amaranth/Goosefoot Family) Other Names: Seablite /Grows in salt marshes and beach sand
Red Root Amaranth – Amaranthus retroflexus
Family: Amaranthaceae (Amaranth Family) Other Name: Redroot Pigweed
Red Root Amaranth – Amaranthus retroflexus
Family: Amaranthaceae (Amaranth Family) Other Name: Redroot Pigweed
Palmer Amaranth – Amaranthus palmeri
Family: Amaranthaceae (Amaranth Family)
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