Triglochin maritima

Sea arrowgrass
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Monocots
Order:	Alismatales
Family:	Juncaginaceae
Genus:	Triglochin
Species:	T. maritima
Binomial name
	Triglochin maritima; L.
Synonyms
	Triglochin concinna;

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.

Description[]

It is similar to marsh arrowgrass (Triglochin palustris) but has the following differences: it has stolons, is stouter. The leaves are fleshy and not furrowed above. It is not very aromatic. The raceme are more dense and like sea plantain. The flowers are fleshier.^[1] The fruits are oval, 4 mm long, 2 mm wide.^[2]

It varies in height from 200–750 mm (8–30 in). It flowers in May to August; flowers are greenish, 3 petalled, edged with purple, 3 mm (1⁄8 in) across, in a long spike.^[3]^[4] Common names include seaside arrowgrass,^[5] common arrowgrass, sea arrowgrass and shore arrowgrass.^{[citation needed]}

It can be an annual or perennial.^[6]

Triglochin concinna is a synonym of this species.^[7]

This plant is toxic, as it can produce cyanide. This species has been known to cause losses in cattle, with green leaves being more toxic than dried material.^[1]

References[]

^ ^a ^b C. Dwight Marsh, A. B. Clawson, and G. C. Roe Jr (1929). Arrow grass as a Stock-Poisoning Plant. United States Department of Agriculture.
^ Rose, Francis (2006). The Wild Flower Key. Frederick Warne & Co. p. 488. ISBN 978-0-7232-5175-0.
^ Common Arrow-grass (Triglochin maritima)
^ Sterry, Paul (2006). Complete British Wild Flowers. HarperCollins Publishers Ltd. p. 188. ISBN 978-0-00-781484-8.
^ "Triglochin maritima". Natural Resources Conservation Service PLANTS Database. USDA. Retrieved 15 December 2015.
^ Phillips, Roger (1994). Wild Flowers of Britain. Macmillan Reference Books. p. 52. ISBN 0-330-25183-X.
^ "Triglochin maritima in Flora of North America". www.efloras.org. Retrieved 2018-09-22.

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[:0-1] C. Dwight Marsh, A. B. Clawson, and G. C. Roe Jr (1929). Arrow grass as a Stock-Poisoning Plant. United States Department of Agriculture.

[The_Wild_Flower_Key-2] Rose, Francis (2006). The Wild Flower Key. Frederick Warne & Co. p. 488. ISBN 978-0-7232-5175-0.

[3] Common Arrow-grass (Triglochin maritima)

[Complete_British_Wild_Flowers-4] Sterry, Paul (2006). Complete British Wild Flowers. HarperCollins Publishers Ltd. p. 188. ISBN 978-0-00-781484-8.

[5] "Triglochin maritima". Natural Resources Conservation Service PLANTS Database. USDA. Retrieved 15 December 2015.

[Wild_Flowers_of_Britain-6] Phillips, Roger (1994). Wild Flowers of Britain. Macmillan Reference Books. p. 52. ISBN 0-330-25183-X.

[7] "Triglochin maritima in Flora of North America". www.efloras.org. Retrieved 2018-09-22.

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