
Salicornia virginica
Pickleweed
Plant family: Chenopodiaceae - Goosefoot	Rating:
Plant type: Groundcover
Plant origin: N/A, California

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One Gallon	0		12.99

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Flower Color

Brown

Blooming Season

Spring, Summer

Height

1-2 feet

Spread

1-5 feet

Sun / Shade

Monthly Water

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Wildlife Friendliness Rating

Plant Community > Learn More
Coastal Salt Marsh, Riparian
Best Soil Conditions > Learn More
Alkaline
Special Characteristic
Fire Resistance, Good in Containers

Plant Highlights

Pickleweed is a low, mounding grouncover that prefers alkali soils and lots of water. The leaves thin and scalelike, growing straight up and having few growth nodes per leaf. The leave are a light green and transition to a darker greenish-gray at the base. It can found in wetlands, Riperian forest, and marshes, usually in the more rocky and clay areas. It has small light brown flowers at the tip of each leaf, commonly visited by butterflies in the spring.

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	Posed by: Green Thumb, on April 20, 2010 at 8:05 am	Rating:
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	Posed by: Green Thumb, on April 20, 2010 at 8:05 am	Rating:
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Salicornia virginica

Pickleweed

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Posed by: Green Thumb, on April 20, 2010 at 8:05 am

Posed by: Green Thumb, on April 20, 2010 at 8:05 am

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