English: Shrubby sea-blite; Shrubby seablight; Alkali seepweed.
Clades:
Chenopodiaceae;
Amaranthales.
Region: Europe, Spain, Sicily; Africa, Sudan, Mauritania, Canary Islands, Middle East
Habitat: arid and semi-arid saltflats, salt marshes.
Use: source of natrium, soda; in the soap and glass industries.
BotanyShrub; small; very variable appearance; halophyte.
Chromosome number of 2n=36.