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Sarcocornia A.J. Scott
Genus with 2 species in North Africa, S. fruticosa and S. perennis. The first one is a shrublet with very woody stems, widely distributed throughout the region, and the latter is a suffrutex of only 10-30 cm in height that grows mainly in the Mediterranean region, with a subspecies larger in size.
Key to species
1 Upright subshrub, up to 150 cm in height; seeds with papillose protuberances Sarcocornia fruticosa
1 Prostrate-radicant suffrutex; seeds with short curved hairs Sarcocornia perennis
Updated by: G. Benítez & J. Molero Mesa.