saltwort

Meanings

1. Certain plants of various genera that grow in dry, alkali soils, including the following:
2. Of the family Amaranthaceae, including,
3. Salsola and related genera within the subfamily Salsoloideae
4. Salicornia (syn. Sarcocornia) spp. (glasswort, pickleweed, swampfire, and marsh samphire)
5. Tecticornia spp.
6. Suaeda spp. (seepweeds or sea blites)
7. Halogeton spp.
8. Of the family Bataceae
9. Batis spp.
10. Especially, Batis maritima, turtleweed, a plant distributed in the southwestern United States, Caribbean, and South America in coastal saltmarshes.
11. Of the family Primulaceae (primroses).
12. Lysimachia maritima (syn. Glaux maritima, sea milkwort, sea milkweed), which grows along coasts throughout the temperate regions of the Northern Hemisphere.

Etymology

From salt + wort (“plant”).