Freshwater
Sea arrowgrass
Triglochin maritima
Juncaginaceae
Facts
Care
We have no care for this plant yet. If you know how it thrives, you can suggest it.
Range
Native
Lives wild in Afghanistan, Algeria, Argentina, Austria, Baltic States, Belgium, Bolivia, Bulgaria, and 41 more countries.
More about the species
Description
Triglochin maritima is a species of flowering plant in the arrowgrass family Juncaginaceae. It is 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.
Other names
Other scientific names
- Hexaglochin maritima
- Hexaglochin sexlocularis
- Juncago maritima
- Triglochin ani
- Triglochin asiatica
- Triglochin concinna
In other languages
- Fjæresauløk
- Havssälting
- Strand-Trehage
- Merisuolake
- Seaside arrowgrass
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