Tecticornia halocnemoides (Nees) K.A.Sheph. & Paul G.Wilson

Common Names and Native Range

Tecticornia halocnemoides, commonly known as shrubby samphire or grey glasswort, is a species of succulent, salt-tolerant plant endemic to Australia.

Growth Form and Size

It grows as a spreading or erect shrub reaching up to fifty centimetres in height.

Initial Taxonomic Publication

This species was first formally published under the name Arthrocnemum halocnemoides in 1845.

Subsequent Genus Reclassifications

It was later transferred to the genus Halosarcia in 1980, and finally moved to the genus Tecticornia in 2007.

Species Variability

Tecticornia halocnemoides is a highly variable species, with five published subspecies, some of which are also highly variable.

Published Subspecies List

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.

Unpublished Putative Subspecies

There is also an unpublished putative subspecies currently referenced under the manuscript name T. halocnemoides subsp. Lake Grace (N. Casson G231. 10).