Photographs: Tramore, Co. Waterford

Common Glasswort Salicornia europaea s.s. Family: Chenopodiaceae Flowering August-October. Annual. Native. The tiny flowers are in groups of three on much-branched, usually erect plants that become yellowish-green flushed orangy-red at flowering time. Height to 35cm. Identified by Paul Green Found on all levels of salt-marshes round Irish coasts. Similar: Other Glassworts, Salicornia agg.

Common Glasswort, Salicornia europaea s.s