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Saltwort

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Saltwort

Saltwort is a characteristic plant of salt meadows. It forms low patches of colourful succulent growth up to 30 centimetres tall. This grey-green form was photographed in February at Pāuatahanui Inlet, Wellington.

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Maggy Wassilieff, Estuaries – Plants of the estuary, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/photograph/4629/saltwort (accessed 4 June 2026).

Story by Maggy Wassilieff, published 2 March 2009.