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Suaeda vera (Shrubby Seablite) |
Suaeda vera (AMARANTHACEAE.)
Images for this profile are taken from the Maltese Islands at or after year 2000. |
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| Nomenclature and Basic Information |
Species name : |
Suaeda veraGmelin
Published in Syst. Nat. ed. 13, 2(1): 503 (1791) | Synonyms :
(basionym or principal syn.) |
Suaeda fruticosa subsp. vera
(Gmel.) Maire & Weiller
Full list of synonyms :
[Euro+Med]
[PlantList]
[IPNI]
[POWO]
[Catalogue of Life ]
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Plant Family : | Amaranthaceae
Juss. (The Amaranth Family)
42 species from the Amaranthaceae family are recorded from the Maltese Islands. | English name(s) : | Shrubby Seablite, Alkali Seablite | Maltese name(s) : | Swejda | Status for Malta : | Indigenous. Present on the Maltese islands before man | Frequency : | Very Common Common Frequent
Scarce Rare Very rare Extinct
| Growth form : |
Raunkiaer lifeform [info]: Nano-Phanerophyte (small trees to large shrubs)
Germination [info]: Dicotyledon | Legal Protection [link]: | Not Protected by Law (LN200/2011 or LN311/2006) | Red List (1989) : | Not listed in the Red Data Book of the Maltese Islands | Flowering Time : | Jun-Oct | Colour of Flowers: | Inconspicuous |
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| Species Description and Distribution |
Habitat in Europe: |
Data will be available in the next update of this website. |
Preferred habitat in Malta: |
Coastal areas, usually in degraded sites |
Botanical Description: |
Small shrub up to 120 cm, glabrous. Leaves 5-18 x (0.8-)1-2.5 mm, semi-cylindrical, usually shortly apiculate, sessile, glaucous. Cymes dense, shorter than the bracts. Stigmas 0.2-0.4 mm, united at the base, flat, lobed, forming a complex peltate or capitate structure. Fruiting perianth not inflated, usually green. Seeds smooth, usually vertical. |
Chromosome number: |
2n=18, 36 |
Distributional range: |
S. & W. Europe northwards to c. 53° N. in England |
Distributional map in Europe
and the Mediterranean region (2018):
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Occurrences in Europe.
(from Flora Europaea pre year 1993): |
Albania, the Balaeric Islands, Britain (excl. Northern Ireland and Channel islands), Corse, Crete, France (incl. Monaco and Channel Islands but excluding Corse), Greece, Spain (incl. Andorra but excl. the Balaerics), Italy (excl. Sicily and Sardignia), ex-Jugoslavia, Portugal, Sardinia, Sicily and/or Malta |
Occurrences in Europe and the Mediterranean region.
(Euro+Med Checklist, 2017) -
Country codes |
AE(G) Ag Al Bl(I M N) Br Ca(C F G L T) Cg Co Cr Ct Cy Eg Ga(F) Gr Hs(G S) Ir It Jo Le Li Lu Ma Md(D M P) Sa Sg Si(M S) Sn ?Sr Tn |
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