Shrubby Glasswort

Scientific Name:

Tecticornia arbuscula (syn. Sclerostegia arbuscula, Salicornia arbusculum, Arthrocnemum arbuscula)

Population of Shrubby Glasswort
Photo: A J Brown

Status:

Native to the coastlands of all Australian States and the Northern Territory.

Plant Description:

Green, perennial, intricately branching shrub to 2 m tall. Branchlets consist of short segments called articles. Fresh vegetative articles are bright green, glaucous or reddish and 3-10 mm long.

Flowering articles 2-5 or rarely 6, almost globular on a very short spike < 1 cm long. Flowers in 3’s, the central one bisexual and the laterals male. Seed elliptic with a smooth coat.

Habitat:

Coastal saltmarsh around Western Port Bay, Port Phillip Bay and Corner Inlet and scattered elsewhere along the western Victorian coastline.

Region	Salinity Class	Waterlogging Class
Western, Gippsland	S3, S4	W2, W3

* coastal only

Comments:

Similar in general appearance to Black-seeded Samphire (Tecticornia pergraulata) and Beaded Glasswort (Sarcocornia quinqueflora).

Shrubby Glasswort photos

Shrubby Glasswort female flowers showing stigmas Photo: A J Brown	Branch tip of Shrubby Glasswort Photo: A J Brown
Shrubby Glasswort male flowers showing anthers Photo: A J Brown	Shrubby Glasswort plant Photo: A J Brown

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