Purple Glasswort     New
Taken at Tyninghame Bay on 2nd October 2022 using Panasonic Lumix TZ7
in macro mode.		 Fact File

Purple Glasswort.
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Habit: 		Salicornia ramosissima.
Caryophyllales.
Amaranthaceae.
Annual
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Feature:
 Intertidal salt marshes and beaches.
Up to about 1 ft.
Roots can be harvested from June to August.
The ashes of glasswort and saltwort plants (barilla) and of kelp were long used as a source of soda ash (mainly sodium carbonate) for glassmaking and soapmaking.