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Annual Seablite, Suaeda maritima Family: Chenopodiaceae
Annual Seablite
Suaeda maritima


Flowering time: July-September. Annual

Coastal, found on salt-marshes, mud-flats, sand and shingle

A very variable erect or sprawling plant, the tiny green flowers with 2 stigmas at the base of upper leaves. The fleshy green leaves are linear, flushing purple then red.


Annual Seablite, Suaeda maritima

Annual Seablite, Suaeda maritima

Annual Seablite, Suaeda maritima

Annual Seablite, Suaeda maritima
Annual Seablite, Suaeda maritima
Portland and Poole Harbour, Dorset. September 2013, July 2020

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