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Annual Sea-Blite
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Annual Sea-Blite
ative Photo: Chandrashekhar Marathe
Common name: Annual Sea-Blite, Herbaceous seepweed, Sea blite, Seaside Indian Saltwort • Bengali: গেরুয়া শাক Gerua Shak • Gujarati: લાણો Lano, લૂણો Luno, મોરડ Morad, મોરસ Moras • Hindi: खारी लनी साग Khari Lani Sag • Kachchhi: લાંણો Lano, લૂણો Luno • Marathi: मोरस Moras • Marwari: लाणो Lano, मोरस Moras • Odia: ଗେଡ଼ିଆ Gerdia • Tamil: கீரி Kiri, நரி உமரி Nari Umari, நீருமரி Nir-Umari, உமரிக்கீரை Umari-K-Kirai, உப்புக்கீரை Uppu-K-Kirai, வெள்ளைக்கீரை Vellai-K-Kirai • Telugu: ఇలకూర Ila Kura, రేవు కాడలు Revu Kaadalu, ఉప్పు చెట్టు Vuppu Chettu Source: Names of Plants in India
Botanical name: Suaeda maritima    Family: Chenopodiaceae (Cat tail family)
Synonyms: Chenopodium maritimum
Annual Sea-Blite is an annual herb frequently found on seashores, in saltmarsh, mud, sand, sometimes below tideline. Leaves are fleshy, semi-cylindrical, 1-2 mm wide. Flower are tiny, 1-2 mm in diameter. Flowers occur 1-3 together in axils of upper leaves, each with 5 green triangular sepals, no petals, and 5 pale yellow stamens. The plant is variable in habit and leaf shape. Annual Sea-Blite is distributed world-wide, native to some place and naturalized in others.
Identification credit: Chandrashekhar Marathe Photographed at Palghar, Maharashtra.
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