Saltwort is a
common name for various genera of flowering plants that thrive in salty environments, typically in coastal salt marshes and seashores, including:
- * Salsola and related genera within subfamily Salsoloideae
- * Salicornia
- * Tecticornia
- * Sarcocornia
- * Suaeda
- * Halogeton
- * and others: the above genera are in the family Amaranthaceae, which contains certain other saltwort genera not mentioned above, but not all Amaranthaceae are saltworts.
- * Batis, in the family Bataceae
The ashes of these plants yield soda ash, which is an important ingredient for glassmaking and soapmaking.
See also glasswort – glassworts are saltworts, and saltworts can be glassworts
See also Saltbush aka Atriplex, a genus thriving in salty environments
