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Primulaceae
Black saltwort
Lysimachia maritima
Also known as Sea milkwort, Saltwort, Black sea lavender, Glaux maritima var. rosea
Flowering Plants · Native Plants · Coastal · Salt-Tolerant · Native · Halophyte · Marsh · Low-Maintenance · Ground-Cover · Perennial · Primulaceae · Shoreline
Black saltwort is a low-growing coastal perennial adapted to salty, often waterlogged soils along shores and salt marshes, making it excellent for native coastal garden restoration. It requires very little care once established and is highly tolerant of salinity and wind exposure. This plant is best suited to specialist native plant gardens and is rarely found in mainstream retail nurseries.
Growing conditions
The details behind the basics
- Daily light
- 6 hours
- Watering
- Water sparingly; thrives in naturally saline, moist coastal soils without supplemental irrigation · Every 10-14 days or rely on rainfall
- Maintenance
- Low
- Soil pH
- 7–7.5
- Cycle
- Perennial
Form & growth
Mature size and habit
- Spacing
- 8 in apart
- Growth rate
- Moderate
- Flowers
- Yes
- Foliage
- Medium
Ecology & origin
Where it belongs and what it brings
- Native to
- Afghanistan, Alaska, Alberta, Altay, Austria, Baltic States, Belarus, Belgium, British Columbia, Buryatiya, California, Central European Rus, China North-Central, China South-Central, China Southeast, Chita, Colorado, Czechoslovakia, Denmark, East European Russia
- Attracts
- Bees
Sources: trefle, usda
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