Saltworts & Allies

Amaranth Family - Amaranthaceae

Shrubby Sea-blite Suaeda vera

Native to coastal regions of Macaronesia, the Mediterranean Basin and western Europe. Widespread and often locally common in salty barrancos and in coastal habitats, often being dominant. Leaves alternate, hairless.


Habit	Habit	Habit	Flowers

Leaves	Leaves	Leaves	Seed capsules

Vermiculate Sea-blite Suaeda vermiculata

(Suaeda mollis) Native from Macaronesia eastwards through the southern Mediterranean Basin and Sahara to the Middle East, India and Sri Lanka. Widespread and often locally common in in coastal habitats. A low, straggly species.


Habit	Leaves	Leaves

Flowers	Flower

Divaricate Saltwort Salsola divaricata

Native and endemic to the Canary Islands. Common in sandy areas and in coastal habitats, often being locally dominant. Leaves opposite, hairless.


Habit	Leaves	Leaves	Leaves

Leaf detail	Flowers/seed capsules	Flowers/seed capsules	Flowers/seed capsules

Vermiculate Saltwort Caroxylon vermiculatum

(Salsola vermiculata) Native to the Canary Islands and patchily through the Mediterranean Region to Iran. Common in most habitats. The small, alternate, pubescent leaves are distinctive, though this is a highly variable species.


Habit	Habit	Flowers/seed capsules	Flowers/seed capsules

Leaves and stem	Leaves	Leaves	Leaves

Short-leaved Saltwort Maireana brevifolia

Native to Australia and introduced to the Canary Islands. Common in a range of habitats, including as a coloniser of roadsides.


Habit	Habit	Flowers/seed capsules	Flowers/seed capsules

Leaves	Leaves	Leaves	Leaves

Bassia tomentosa

Native to Macaronesia and Morocco south to Mauretania. Frequent in sandy and gravelly places.


Habit	Flowers	Flowers	Leaves

Flora of Fuerteventura An Identification Guide

Saltworts & Allies

Amaranth Family - Amaranthaceae

Species List

Flora of Fuerteventura
An Identification Guide