Sea blite, Jian peng, Common seepweed
Suaeda glauca

Family: Amaranthaceae

What it is like

An annual herb. It grows up to 1 m tall. The stems are light green and they have slight furrows along them. The branches are slender. The leaves do not have leaf stalks. They are succulent and narrow and cylinder shaped. They are greyish-green. They are 2-5 cm long by 1-5 mm thick. They become smaller upward. The flowers occur as 2-5 in the axils. The fruit is a round but flattened pouch 2 mm across.

Also put in the family Chenopodiaceae.

Where it is found

It is a temperate climate plant. It grows on salty-alkaline soils of beaches, wastelands, canal banks, field margins. It grows in wetlands.

Countries/locations it is found in

Asia, China, Japan, Korea, Mongolia, Siberia

How it is used for food

The young leaves and shoots are used as a potherb.

It is a commercially cultivated vegetable.

Edible parts

Leaves, vegetable

How it is grown

Its other names

Local names

Namunjae

Synonyms

Schoberia glauca Bunge; Schoberia stanntonii Moq.; Chenopodina glauca Moq.; Suaeda asparagoides Makino;