Suaeda nigra(Raf.) J.F.Macbr.

WFO wfo-0001294636 Accepted WFO 2026-06 8 photographs CC0 / CC BY / CC BY-SA

Plate 1 figs. a–h · 8 separate observations

Suaeda nigra, photographed by Eric Knight
fig. a Eric Knight, CC BY 4.0 / 2022-06-03 / obs. 203844689
Suaeda nigra, photographed by mark-groeneveld
fig. b mark-groeneveld, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 195172708
Suaeda nigra, photographed by paulexcoff
fig. c paulexcoff, CC BY-SA 4.0 / obs. 189368129
Suaeda nigra, photographed by Tim Messick
fig. d Tim Messick, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 184414122
Suaeda nigra, photographed by Alan Rockefeller
fig. e Alan Rockefeller, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 181246427
Suaeda nigra, photographed by Alexander Wentworth
fig. f Alexander Wentworth, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 177320612
Suaeda nigra, photographed by Dan Horowitz
fig. g Dan Horowitz, CC0 1.0 / obs. 174352940
Suaeda nigra, photographed by Marc Whitaker
fig. h Marc Whitaker, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 171715447

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Native range 24 botanical countries

Regions where Suaeda nigra is native: Alberta, Arizona, California, Colorado, Idaho, Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Northwest, Mexico Southwest, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, North Dakota, Oklahoma, Oregon, Saskatchewan, South Dakota, Texas, Utah, Washington, Wyoming, Bahamas, Cuba AlbertaArizonaCaliforniaColoradoIdahoMexico CentralMexico GulfMexico NortheastMexico NorthwestMexico SouthwestMontanaNevadaNew MexicoNorth DakotaOklahomaOregonSaskatchewanSouth DakotaTexasUtahWashingtonWyomingCuba Bahamas
Native distribution of Suaeda nigra, 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. Regions too small to draw at this scale are marked with a dot.
RegionTDWG codeContinent
Alberta ABT NORTHERN AMERICA
Arizona ARI
California CAL
Colorado COL
Idaho IDA
Mexico Central MXC
Mexico Gulf MXG
Mexico Northeast MXE
Mexico Northwest MXN
Mexico Southwest MXS
Montana MNT
Nevada NEV
New Mexico NWM
North Dakota NDA
Oklahoma OKL
Oregon ORE
Saskatchewan SAS
South Dakota SDA
Texas TEX
Utah UTA
Washington WAS
Wyoming WYO
Bahamas BAH SOUTHERN AMERICA
Cuba CUB

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 2 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.

  • Suaeda intermedia S.Watson
  • Suaeda torreyana var. ramosissima (Standl.) Munz

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. 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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