Salicornia procumbensSm.

long-spiked glasswort

WFO wfo-0000435598 Accepted WFO 2026-06 3 photographs CC0 / CC BY

Plate 1 figs. a–c · 2 observations

This species has been photographed under an open licence only 2 times, so some figures below are different views of the same plant, taken on the same day, rather than different individuals. They are usually different parts of it: the leaf, the flower, the bark.

Salicornia procumbens, photographed by Robert H. Wardell
fig. a Robert H. Wardell, CC0 1.0 / 2020-09-06 / obs. 93950302
Salicornia procumbens, photographed by Robert H. Wardell
fig. b Robert H. Wardell, CC0 1.0 / obs. 93950306
Salicornia procumbens, photographed by Andre Hosper
fig. c Andre Hosper, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 33765689

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Native range 23 botanical countries

Regions where Salicornia procumbens is native: Morocco, Türkiye, Belgium, Bulgaria, Denmark, France, Germany, Great Britain, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Krym, Netherlands, North European Russia, Norway, NW. Balkan Pen., Portugal, Sicilia, South European Russia, Spain, Sweden, Türkiye-in-Europe, Ukraine MoroccoTürkiyeBelgiumBulgariaDenmarkFranceGermanyGreeceIrelandItalyKrymNetherlandsNorth European RussiaNorwayNW. Balkan Pen.PortugalSiciliaSouth European RussiaSpainSwedenTürkiye-in-EuropeUkraine
Native distribution of Salicornia procumbens, after Kew’s World Checklist of Vascular Plants. Introduced, extinct and doubtful records are excluded, so this is where the plant is from, not everywhere it now grows.
RegionTDWG codeContinent
Belgium BGM EUROPE
Bulgaria BUL
Denmark DEN
France FRA
Germany GER
Great Britain GRB
Greece GRC
Ireland IRE
Italy ITA
Krym KRY
Netherlands NET
North European Russia RUN
Norway NOR
NW. Balkan Pen. YUG
Portugal POR
Sicilia SIC
South European Russia RUS
Spain SPA
Sweden SWE
Türkiye-in-Europe TUE
Ukraine UKR
Morocco MOR AFRICA
Türkiye TUR ASIA-TEMPERATE

Not drawn on the map: Great Britain. We hold no public-domain boundary for this region, so it is listed rather than guessed at.

Region boundaries approximated from Natural Earth (public domain) and mapped to TDWG World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions (WGSRPD) level-3 botanical countries (Brummitt 2001). Indicative, not the official WGSRPD geometry.

Also published as 5 synonyms

A synonym is not an error. It is a record of botanists disagreeing, in print, about where this plant belongs. Each of these was somebody’s considered answer.

  • Salicornia dolichostachya subsp. strictissima (Gram) P.W.Ball
  • Salicornia herbacea var. procumbens (Sm.) G.Mey.
  • Salicornia stricta subsp. procumbens (Sm.) D.König
  • Salicornia stricta var. procumbens (Sm.) Soó
  • Salicornia strictissima Gram

Sourcesevery claim on this page

  1. World Flora Online Plant List. accepted name, authority, classification. CC0. Retrieved 2026-07-12.
  2. iNaturalist. photographs and flowering annotations, CC0 / CC BY / CC BY-SA only. per photograph. Retrieved 2026-06-27.
  3. Wikidata. common name (P1843), joined on the World Flora Online identifier (P7715). CC0. Retrieved 2026-07-13.
  4. Kew, World Checklist of Vascular Plants (WCVP v16). native distribution by TDWG level-3 botanical country, and life form. CC BY 3.0. Retrieved 2026-06-04.

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