Photographs: Tramore, Co. Waterford

One-flowered Glasswort Salicornia pusilla Family: Chenopodiaceae Flowering August-October. Annual. Native. Single flowers. Spikes break into segments as seeds ripen. Branches are more or less straight, initially yellowish-green, becoming orangy-purplish. Height to 25cm. Identified by Paul Green. Coastal, ocurring on the drier, upper parts of salt-marshes. Mainly found on south-east and eastern Irish coasts Similar: Other Glassworts, Salicornia agg.

One-flowered Glasswort, Salicornia pusilla