Base de datos de plantas del FNPS

Batis maritima

saltwort, turtleweed
  • Photo by: Shirley Denton, Suncoast Chapter FNPS
  • Photo by: Shirley Denton, Suncoast Chapter FNPS
  • Photo by: Roger Hammer, Dade Chapter FNPS

Nomenclatura

Nombre común:

saltwort, turtleweed

Sinónimo(s):

Especie del género:

Batis maritima

Familia:

Bataceae

Especificaciones de la planta

Forma:

shrub

Tamaño:

2-4 ft tall by much broader than tall ft wide

Esperanza de vida:

Long-lived perennial

Color de la flor:

white,green

Color de la fruta:

Fenología:

evergreen

Destacado por:

Interesting Foliage

Paisajismo

Usos recomendados:

Coastal stabilization is salt-flat areas. Can be used ornamentally as a groundcover or bush-like mound in coastal areas.

Consideraciones:

Disponibilidad:

Native Nurseries

Propagación:

Layering, cuttings.

Luz:

Full Sun

Tolerancia a la humedad:

Siempre inundado---------------------------------Extremadamente seco

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Usually moist, occasional inundation -a- Usually moist, occasional inundation

Tolerancia a inundaciones por agua salada:

Unknown

Tolerancia a la niebla salina/suelo salado:

High. Can tolerate significant and ongoing amounts of salt.

Suelo u otro sustrato:

Sand

pH del suelo:

Calcareous (high pH)

Apto para cultivo en:

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Distribution
Vouchered
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Map coded by Melissa Fernandez-de Cespedes (Paynes Prairie Chapter)

Ecología

Fauna:

Butterflies, Caterpillars

Larval host and adult nectar plant for the great Southern white ( Ascia monuste ) and Eastern pigmy blue ( Brephidium isophthalma ) butterflies (Florida Cooperative Extension Service 2002)

Hábitats nativos:

Saltmarshes and flats.

Área de distribución natural en Florida:

Comentarios:

Etnobotánica:

It can be eaten as a salty salad herb. Ashes from this plant were once used in soap -- however it was apparently toxic if used in abundance. Used to treat a variety of skin conditions.

Comentarios generales:

FNPS Plant Print

Citas:

Gann, G.D., C.J. Abbott, C.G. Stocking, K.N. Hines, and collaborators. (2001+). Saltwort, Turtleweed. Natives For Your Neighborhood. ( https://www.regionalconservation.org/beta/nfyn/plantdetail.asp?tx=Batimari ). Accessed 2025. The Institute for Regional Conservation. Delray Beach, Florida.


Wunderlin, R. P., B. F. Hansen, A. R. Franck, and F. B. Essig. (1999+). Atlas of Florida Plants. ( https://florida.plantatlas.usf.edu/ ). [S. M. Landry and K. N. Campbell (application development), USF Water Institute.] Institute for Systematic Botany, University of South Florida, Tampa.

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