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Glaucous Glasswort / Grmolika caklenjača
Arthrocnemum macrostachyum / Salicornia fruticosa
45.0667, 13.6288
Field Notes
Description:
Suffruticose, is a robust monoecious perennial, up to 150 cm tall, diffuse, glaucous - green; stem up to 1 cm in diam. woody; branches prostrate to erect, fleshy and jointed, 3 - 4 mm in diameter. Flowers in horizontal groups of 3, embedded in axils. Flowers are male and female.
Very common plant, grows practically on every beach, preferring the rocky ones!
Notes:
Other names: Grmoliki omakalj, omaga, smucanj, poznatija
Young sprouts are edible even were considered as medicinal due to its effects (diuretic, purgative and laxative).
Since burned plant leaves a lots of Na2CO3 (base) its ashes were used in traditional methods for soap making. In that way alkali sodium would react with the organic fat acids.
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PublishedApril 7, 2013
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