Salicornia fruticosa

Salicornia fruticosa, synonym Sarcocornia fruticosa, is a species of glasswort in the family Amaranthaceae (pigweeds). It is native to southern Europe, north Africa, Western Asia and Yemen.^[1] It is a halophyte, a plant that can grow in saline conditions.^[2]

Salicornia fruticosa
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Order:	Caryophyllales
Family:	Amaranthaceae
Genus:	Salicornia
Species:	S. fruticosa
Binomial name
Salicornia fruticosa (L.) L.
Synonyms[1]
Arthrocnemum fruticosum (L.) Moq. Salicornia anceps Lag. Salicornia arabica L. Salicornia deserticola A.Chev. Salicornia equisetifolia Willd. ex Moq. Salicornia europaea var. fruticosa L. Salicornia frutescens Friedr. ex Ung.-Sternb. Salicornia glauca Stokes Salicornia sempervirens Sauvages ex Steud. Sarcocornia fruticosa (L.) A.J.Scott Sarcocornia fruticosa var. deflexa (Rouy) Lahondere & Gamisans

It is the main saltwort species used in making special pot ash made during Mesopotamian times to the early Islamic era – قَلَيّ qali – which is the basis for the word "alkali".^[3]