Halocnemum M. Bieb

48. Halocnemum M. Bieb. Halocnemum M. Bieb., Fl. Taur.-Cauc. 3: 3 (1819) Succulent shrub with articulate stems. Leaves scale-like. Flowers in groups of 3 or 2 in the axils of scale-like, opposite, free bracts, slightly immersed in the axils; perianth 3-lobed, herbaceous, lobes connate below the middle, unequal, two of them carinate; stamen 1; stigmas 2, subulate. Embryo semi-annular; radicle inferior. Zn = 18. One sp., H. strobilaceum (Pallas) M. Bieb._ Mediterr. Europe, W and C Asia.Published as part of Kuehn, U., 1993, Chenopodiaceae, pp. 253-281 in The Families and Genera of Vascular Plants 2, Berlin, Heidelberg :Springer-Verlag on page 27