Pronunciation: sa-li-KOR-nee-a pa-SI-fi-ka
Common name: Pacific pickleweed, Pacific swampfire
Family: Chenopodiaceae (Goosefoot)
Habitat: Coastal salt marsh and nearby alkaline flats
Blooming period: August to November
Click for Latin name derivations: 1) Salicornia
2) pacifica
Formerly Salicornia virginica