Amaranthaceae FAMILY

Suaeda nigra

Edibility

2/5

Medicinal

0/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Botanical Description

Suaeda nigra is a perennial plant that is more or less shrub-like in much of its range but acts as an annual plant in seasonally flooded areas; spreading to erect in habit, it can grow around 20 - 150cm tall[ 270 Title Flora of N. America Publication Author Website http://flora.huh.harvard.edu/fna/ Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description An on-line version of the flora with an excellent description of the plant including a brief mention of plant uses. ]. The plant is harvested from the wild for local use as a food.

Habitat & Origin

Origintemperate

Native RangeWestern and central N. America -Washington, Alberta, Saskatchewan and N. Dakota, south to central Mexico; Caribbean - Bahamas, Cuba

HabitatAlkaline, saline, and gypseous places of the interior, mostly in deserts, occasionally coastal, rarely estuarine; at elevations from sea level to 1,600 metres[ 270 Title Flora of N. America Publication Author Website http://flora.huh.harvard.edu/fna/ Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description An on-line version of the flora with an excellent description of the plant including a brief mention of plant uses. ].