Suaeda monoicaForssk. ex J.F.Gmel.

South-Indian seepweed

WFO wfo-0000437832 Accepted WFO 2026-06 3 photographs CC0

Plate 1 figs. a–c · 1 observation

This species has been photographed under an open licence only 1 time, 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.

Suaeda monoica, photographed by S.MORE
fig. a S.MORE, CC0 1.0 / 2018-05-02 / obs. 65386467
Suaeda monoica, photographed by S.MORE
fig. b S.MORE, CC0 1.0 / obs. 65386566
Suaeda monoica, photographed by S.MORE
fig. c S.MORE, CC0 1.0 / obs. 65386591

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The specimen a real sheet, in a real collection

Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
Accession
K000899734
Filed as
Suaeda monoica Forssk. ex J.F.Gmel.
Det. by
Boulos, L.
Collected
Ehremberg, C.G. 1820-01-01
Origin
not recorded
The sheet
View the digitised specimen (CC BY 4.0)

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Native range 27 botanical countries

Regions where Suaeda monoica is native: Botswana, Cape Provinces, Chad, Djibouti, Egypt, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Free State, Kenya, Mozambique, Namibia, Socotra, Somalia, Sudan-South Sudan, Tanzania, Afghanistan, Iran, Iraq, Lebanon-Syria, Oman, Palestine, Saudi Arabia, Sinai, Yemen, India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka BotswanaCape ProvincesChadDjiboutiEgyptEritreaEthiopiaFree StateKenyaMozambiqueNamibiaSomaliaSudan-South SudanTanzaniaAfghanistanIranIraqLebanon-SyriaOmanPalestineSaudi ArabiaSinaiYemenIndiaPakistanSri Lanka
Native distribution of Suaeda monoica, 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
Botswana BOT AFRICA
Cape Provinces CPP
Chad CHA
Djibouti DJI
Egypt EGY
Eritrea ERI
Ethiopia ETH
Free State OFS
Kenya KEN
Mozambique MOZ
Namibia NAM
Socotra SOC
Somalia SOM
Sudan-South Sudan SUD
Tanzania TAN
Afghanistan AFG ASIA-TEMPERATE
Iran IRN
Iraq IRQ
Lebanon-Syria LBS
Oman OMA
Palestine PAL
Saudi Arabia SAU
Sinai SIN
Yemen YEM
India IND ASIA-TROPICAL
Pakistan PAK
Sri Lanka SRL

Not drawn on the map: Socotra. 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 3 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.

  • Lerchia monoica (Forssk. ex J.F.Gmel.) Kuntze
  • Salsola monoica (Forssk. ex J.F.Gmel.) Poir.
  • Schoberia monoica (Forssk. ex J.F.Gmel.) Steud.

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.

We publish what we can source and we say so when we cannot. This page has no care advice and no toxicity claim, because we do not yet have those from a source we can cite.