Salicornia rubra

Salicornia rubra, the Rocky Mountain glasswort, is a species of flowering plant in the family Amaranthaceae.^[2] It is native to colder or higher areas of North America; the Yukon, Nunavut, British Columbia, Alberta, Saskatchewan, Manitoba, and Ontario in Canada, and the western and north-central United States. It has been introduced to Quebec and Michigan, and has gone extinct in Illinois.^[1] A halophyte, it is one of the most salt-tolerant plants of North America.^[3]

Salicornia rubra
Inflorescences
In a saline seep in Montana
Conservation status
Secure  (NatureServe)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Order:	Caryophyllales
Family:	Amaranthaceae
Genus:	Salicornia
Species:	S. rubra
Binomial name
Salicornia rubra A.Nelson
Synonyms[1]
Salicornia borealis S.L.Wolff & Jefferies Salicornia europaea var. prona (Lunell) B.Boivin Salicornia europaea subsp. rubra (A.Nelson) Breitung Salicornia rubra var. prona Lunell