About Suaeda vermiculata Forssk. ex J.F.Gmel.
Suaeda vermiculata Forssk. ex J.F.Gmel. is a branched shrub that reaches 0.4 to 1 meter in height, with woody stems at its base. This species is distributed across Africa and the Middle East. Its range spans from the Canary Islands and Cape Verde, through West Africa’s Senegal, Mauritania and Mali, east to Chad, Sudan, South Sudan, Kenya, Ethiopia and Somalia. It also occurs in North Africa, the Arabian Peninsula including Yemen’s Socotra, Iraq, Jordan and Palestine, and extends east as far as India. It can be found growing in coastal bushlands, inland saline sites, sand plains, stony areas, and desert wadis, at altitudes between sea level and 400 meters. In southern Africa, it additionally grows in dry riverbeds and other saline locations, growing alongside Tamarix usneoides and the grass Odyssea paucinervis.
