Saltwort (Salicornia)
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Saltwort Genus Details
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Saltwort is native to Europe, Asia and North America. Saltwort is an annual that can grow to 2' tall. The leaves are scaly and turn a brilliant red in the fall. Saltwart grows in salty marshes.
Saltwort Allergy Info
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This genus is not commonly cited as a source of allergy.
Saltwort Pollen Description
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The pollen grains of these families are spheroidal and pantoporate; the pores 20-65 per grain, usually circular, either globally distributed or in luminoid areas separated by muroid ridges; and the opercular granular. The sexine is often tegillate, undulating with a granular surface that is spinulose. The nexine is as thick as or often thinner than the sexine and the intine is generally thick or indistinct.
The pollen grains are 14-50 micrometers in diameter.
![This plant is a member of the Chenopodiaceae pollen type group. This chenopod pollen grain photo represents all members of this group.](library_images/pollen/chenopod_pollen_genus1_66.jpg)
This plant is a member of the Chenopodiaceae pollen type group. This chenopod pollen grain photo represents all members of this group.
![This plant is a member of the Chenopodiaceae pollen type group. This chenopod pollen grain photo represents all members of this group.](library_images/pollen/chenopod_pollen_genus2_66.jpg)
This plant is a member of the Chenopodiaceae pollen type group. This chenopod pollen grain photo represents all members of this group.
Species in This Genus
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Allergenicity Legend:
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Allergy Test Available
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Saltwort (Salicornia) is a genus of the CHENOPODIACEAE family.
This genus includes the following allergenic species:
This genus includes the following allergenic species: