Triglochin maritima

Sea arrowgrass

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Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Order: Alismatales
Family: Juncaginaceae
Genus: Triglochin
Species:
T. maritima
Binomial name
Triglochin maritima
L., 1753
Synonyms
List
    • Hexaglochin maritima (L.) Nieuwl. (1913)
    • Hexaglochin sexlocularis (Stokes) Nieuwl. (1913)
    • Juncago maritima (L.) Bubani (1901)
    • Triglochin ani K.Koch (1849)
    • Triglochin asiatica (Kitag.) Á.Löve & D.Löve (1958)
    • Triglochin concinna Burtt Davy (1895)
    • Triglochin concinna var. debilis (M.E.Jones) J.T.Howell (1947)
    • Triglochin concinna var. deserticola (Phil.) J.T.Howell (1947)
    • Triglochin debilis (M.E.Jones) Á.Löve & D.Löve (1958)
    • Triglochin elata Nutt. (1818)
    • Triglochin maritima var. altoandina Cabrera (1957)
    • Triglochin maritima var. asiatica (Kitag.) Ohwi (1953)
    • Triglochin maritima subsp. asiatica Kitag. (1939)
    • Triglochin maritima var. debilis M.E.Jones (1895)
    • Triglochin maritima var. deserticola Phil. (1891)
    • Triglochin maritima var. deserticola Buchenau (1903)
    • Triglochin maritima var. elata (Nutt.) A.Gray (1856)
    • Triglochin monanthos Speg. (1924)
    • Triglochin narbonensis Sennen (1901)
    • Triglochin roegneri K.Koch (1849)
    • Triglochin salina Wallr. (1840)
    • Triglochin sexlocularis Stokes (1812)
    • Triglochin transcaucasica Bordz. (1912)

Triglochin maritima is a species of flowering plant in the arrowgrass family Juncaginaceae. It is found in brackish marshes, freshwater marshes, wet sandy beaches, fens, damp grassland and bogs. It has a circumboreal distribution, occurring throughout the northern Northern Hemisphere. In the British Isles it is common on the coast, but very rare inland.