Puccinellia maritima Calflora

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Taxon Report

Puccinellia maritima (Huds.) Parl.

Seaside alkaligrass

2011 Michael Perlmutter

2009 Whitney Thornton

Puccinellia maritima is a perennial grasslike herb that is not native to California.


	Plant Range Observation Search ~1378 records in California Plant Characteristics

Photos on Calflora


Genus:	Puccinellia
Family:	Poaceae
Category:	angiosperm
PLANTS group:	Monocot
Jepson eFlora section: monocot

Communities: Coastal Sage Scrub, Yellow Pine Forest, Mixed Evergreen Forest, wetland-riparian

Name Status:
Accepted by PLANTS + POWO

Alternate Names:


PLANTS	Glyceria maritima
PLANTS	Puccinellia americana

Information about Puccinellia maritima from other sources


USDA PLANTS Profile (PUMA) Photos on Calflora Photos on CalPhotos Google Images Photos on iNaturalist	International Plants Names Index Search efloras.org (Flora of North America) BONAP Distribution Map Consortium of California Herbaria 2	Add an Observation Location Suitability Distribution by County
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Suggested Citation

Calflora: Information on California plants for education, research and conservation, with data contributed by public and private institutions and individuals. [web application]. 2025. The Calflora Database [a non-profit organization]. Available: https://www.calflora.org/ (Accessed: 07/15/2025).