Sea Arrowgrass
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Triglochin maritima is a variety of arrowgrass found in brackish marshes, freshwater marshes, wet sandy beaches, fens, damp grassland and bogs. It has a circumboreal distribution
, occurring throughout the northern Northern Hemisphere. In the British Isles
it is common on the coast, but very rare inland.
but has the following differences: it has stolons, is stouter. The leaves are fleshy and not furrowed above. It is not very aromatic. The raceme
are more dense and like Sea Plantain. The flowers are fleshier. The fruits are oval, 4mm long, 2mm wide.
It varies in height from 8-30 inches (to 45 cm). It flowers in May to August; flowers are greenish, 3 petalled, edged with purple, 1/8 inch (2mm) across, in a long spike.
Common names include Common Arrowgrass, Sea Arrowgrass, Shore Arrowgrass and Seaside Arrowgrass.
It can be an annual
or perennial.
Triglochin concinna is often included in this species.
Circumboreal Region
The Circumboreal Region is a floristic region within the Holarctic Kingdom in Eurasia and North America, as delineated by such geobotanists as Josias Braun-Blanquet and Armen Takhtajan....
, occurring throughout the northern Northern Hemisphere. In the British Isles
British Isles
The British Isles are a group of islands off the northwest coast of continental Europe that include the islands of Great Britain and Ireland and over six thousand smaller isles. There are two sovereign states located on the islands: the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and...
it is common on the coast, but very rare inland.
Description
It is like Triglochin palustrisTriglochin palustris
Triglochin palustris or Marsh Arrowgrass is a variety of arrowgrass found in damp grassland usually on calcareous soils, fens and meadows. It has a circumboreal distribution, occurring throughout northern parts of the Northern Hemisphere. It can be found locally in the British Isles especially the...
but has the following differences: it has stolons, is stouter. The leaves are fleshy and not furrowed above. It is not very aromatic. The raceme
Raceme
A raceme is a type of inflorescence that is unbranched and indeterminate and bears pedicellate flowers — flowers having short floral stalks called pedicels — along the axis. In botany, axis means a shoot, in this case one bearing the flowers. In a raceme, the oldest flowers are borne...
are more dense and like Sea Plantain. The flowers are fleshier. The fruits are oval, 4mm long, 2mm wide.
It varies in height from 8-30 inches (to 45 cm). It flowers in May to August; flowers are greenish, 3 petalled, edged with purple, 1/8 inch (2mm) across, in a long spike.
Common names include Common Arrowgrass, Sea Arrowgrass, Shore Arrowgrass and Seaside Arrowgrass.
It can be an annual
Annual plant
An annual plant is a plant that usually germinates, flowers, and dies in a year or season. True annuals will only live longer than a year if they are prevented from setting seed...
or perennial.
Triglochin concinna is often included in this species.