About Tecticornia halocnemoides (Nees) K.A.Sheph. & Paul G.Wilson
Tecticornia halocnemoides, commonly known as shrubby samphire or grey glasswort, is a species of succulent, salt-tolerant plant endemic to Australia. It grows as a spreading or erect shrub reaching up to fifty centimetres in height. This species was first formally published under the name Arthrocnemum halocnemoides in 1845. It was later transferred to the genus Halosarcia in 1980, and finally moved to the genus Tecticornia in 2007. Tecticornia halocnemoides is a highly variable species, with five published subspecies, some of which are also highly variable. The five published subspecies are T. halocnemoides subsp. halocnemoides, T. halocnemoides subsp. caudata, T. halocnemoides subsp. longispicata, T. halocnemoides subsp. catenulata, and T. halocnemoides subsp. tenuis. There is also an unpublished putative subspecies currently referenced under the manuscript name T. halocnemoides subsp. Lake Grace (N. Casson G231. 10).
