''Suaeda vermiculata'' is a species of plant in the family

Amaranthaceae Amaranthaceae is a family of flowering plants commonly known as the amaranth family, in reference to its type genus ''Amaranthus''. It includes the former goosefoot family Chenopodiaceae and contains about 165 genera and 2,040 species, making it ...

(formerly classified under the

Chenopodiaceae Amaranthaceae is a family of flowering plants commonly known as the amaranth family, in reference to its type genus ''Amaranthus''. It includes the former goosefoot family Chenopodiaceae and contains about 165 genera and 2,040 species, making it ...

). It is a salt-tolerant plant (halophyte) that grows naturally in salt-affected areas.

Description

It is a shrub and can grow to 0.4–1 m height, with woody stems at its base, very branched.

Distribution

Its distribution includes Africa and the Middle East, including

North Africa North Africa, or Northern Africa is a region encompassing the northern portion of the African continent. There is no singularly accepted scope for the region, and it is sometimes defined as stretching from the Atlantic shores of Mauritania in ...

, the Arabian Peninsula, Yemen's Socotra, Iraq, Jordan and Palestine to the east of India as well as the Canary Islands in Cape Verde and from Senegal, Mauritania and Mali to Chad, Sudan, South Sudan, Kenya, Ethiopia and Somalia.

Ecology

They are found in coastal bushlands as well as inland saline sites, sand plains, stony places and desert wadis between sea level and 400 meters in altitude. It also occurs in dry riverbeds and other saline locations in southern Africa in association with ''

Tamarix usneoides ''Tamarix usneoides'', locally known as wild tamarisk, is a twiggy shrub or small evergreen tree that grows in saline habitats, semi-deserts and karroid areas in southern Africa. It has a short trunk, thin branches usually growing from ground le ...

'' and the grass ''

Odyssea paucinervis ''Odyssea paucinervis'' is a species of African plants in the grass family. The genus is named after the ancient Greek tale the "Odyssey", in allusion to the long journey the type species has taken through nine genera before settling in this one. ...

''.

References

vermiculata Halophytes Flora of the Arabian Peninsula Flora of Western Asia Flora of the Indian subcontinent Flora of Africa Flora of Macaronesia Barilla plants {{Amaranthaceae-stub