Species: Suaeda calceoliformis
American Sea-blite
Species
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Classification
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Anthophyta
Class
Dicotyledoneae
Order
Caryophyllales
Family
Chenopodiaceae
Genus
Suaeda
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Classification
Other Global Common Names
Pursh Seepweed - Pursh seepweed
Informal Taxonomy
Plants, Vascular - Flowering Plants - Goosefoot Family
Formal Taxonomy
Plantae - Anthophyta - Dicotyledoneae - Caryophyllales - Chenopodiaceae - Suaeda - Sometimes treated as two separate species, the widespread western S. calceoliformis, occasionally reported as an escape in the East, and the species S. americana of New England and Atlantic Canada. Kartesz (1994 checklist) combines these under the name S. calceoliformis. The name Suaeda occidentalis has also been used for the western plant.
Conservation Status
NatureServe Global Status Rank
G5
Global Status Last Reviewed
1991-06-17
Global Status Last Changed
1991-10-28
Distribution
Conservation Status Map
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Global Range
Through most of the Great Plains, west to California, Brit. Col., and south to Texas. Occ. introduced in east, where there are also native stands (as "Suaeda americana") in Maine and eastern Canada.