FLORA OF ICELAND elements: Triglochin maritima, Sea Arrowgrass, Strandsauðlaukur

Triglochin maritima; The Sea Arrowgrass is a perennial halophytic hemicryptophyte (that is a herb growing on saline soils and surviving winter with buds on or below the ground). It grows up to 40cm.
  - The leaves are linear and semi-round shaped. Like true grasses they have a lip. They have a very characteristic smell (when rubbed, similar to that of the Marsh Arrowgrass). The stems are rather stiff and erect.
  - The flowers are densely placed on the top half of the stem forming a raceme. They have very short pedicels so it seems they are sessile on the stem. The fruits are more or less globose shaped, distinctly different to the linear fruits of the Marsh Arrowgrass (for more differences between the two species see the page on the Marsh Arrowgrass).
  - The species is can be found in salt marshes along the coast and some sandy banks of rivers near the sea.
  - The species is a member of the , the Arrowgrass family. The Icelandic name for this species is Strandsauðlaukur.