Suaeda vera Forsskal ex J.F. Gmelin

Spice Detail In the field

Family: CHENOPODIACEAE

Genus: Suaeda

Catalan common name: Salat ver.

Province distribution: Alacant. Balearic Islands. Lleida.

Distribution in the islands: Mallorca. Menorca. Ibiza. Formentera. Cabrera.

General distribution (Phytogeography): Mediterranean

IUCN Category: LCLeast concern

Flowering time: JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec

Life-forms: Nanophanerophyte.

Habitats: Litoral marshes and riparian. Rocky coastlines. Coastal areas and marshes and salt marshes.

Characteristics: A well-branched bush with the superior ones covered with small, linear and fleshy leaves; at times the entire palnt takes on reddish colours. A palnt common to saline soils, just as much I the wetlands as the littoral (rocky areas included; can form mono-specific communities or be associated with other bushy halophytic species of the same family (Sarcocornia fruticosa, Arthrocnemum macrostachyum, etc.) Is very common to the islets and the cliff faces of gull nesting areas.