Glaux maritima -- (Sea Milkwort)


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 Scientific Name:  Glaux maritima
 Common Name:  Sea Milkwort
 Duration of Life:  Perennial
 Bloom Color:  White
 Plant Origin:  Native
 Soil Type prefered:  Sand, Loam, Clay
 Drought Tolerance:  None
 Flower Conspicuous:  Yes
 Soil Fertility Requirement:  Low
 Moisture Use:  High
 Shade Tolerance:  Intolerant
 Active Growth Period:  Spring, Summer
 Anaerobic Tolerance:  High
 Calcium Carbonate Tolerance:  High
 Bloom Period:  Late Spring
 Commercial Availability:  No Known Source
 Cold Stratification Required:  No
 Fall Conspicuous:  No
 Frost Free Days, Minimum:  150
 Foliage Color:  Green
 Fruit/Seed Abundance:  Low
 Fruit/Seed Period Begin:  Summer
 Fruit/Seed Conspicuous:  No
 Fruit/Seed Period End:  Summer
 Fruit/Seed Color:  Brown
 Fruit/Seed Persistence:  No
 Fire Tolerance:  Low
 Foliage Texture:  Medium
 Growth Form:  Rhizomatous
 Growth Habit:  Forb/herb
 Growth Rate:  Moderate
 Height, Mature (feet):  .9
 Leaf Retention:  No
 Low Growing Grass:  No
 Life Span:  Moderate
 pH (Maximum):  8.8
 pH (Minimum):  6.5
 Precipitation (Minimum):  12
 Resprout Ability:  No
 Root Depth, Min. (inches):  8
 Salt Tolerance:  None
 Shape and Orientation:  Prostrate
 Small Grain:  No
 Seed per Pound:  600000
 Seed Spread Rate:  Slow
 Minnesota Status:  Endangered
 Seedling Vigor:  Medium
 Temperature, Minimum (F):  -33
 Toxicity:  None
 Vegetative Spread Rate:  None
 Propagation:  Seed
 Category:  Dicot
 Division:  Magnoliophyta
 Class:  Magnoliopsida
 Order:  Primulales
 Family:  Primulaceae
 Genus:  Glaux

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