[Goosefoot Family] suaeda japonica Makino Features: It is an annual plant. It has no hair and it is 15-50 cm long. It has many twigs in the upper part. The leaf is alternate and fleshy, and it has the shape of a stick, which is 5-35 mm in length and 2-4 mm in width. The end is round or blunt, whose color is green at first and becomes red purple which dyes sea red. The flowers are miscellaneous and bloom in August and September, whose color is green and 2-10 of them hang among the leaves. They have no the flower stalks and have 5 perianth and stamens, and the styles are classified into two types. The fruit is an utricle with the shape of a disk, which is covered with the perianth of the flower and has a seed like lens. Habitat: They live in stocks in a seaside tidal flat. Range: In Korea, They are found in Jeollabuk-do, Jeollanam-do, Chucheongnam-do, and the Western Sea. They also live in Japan. Remark: The young sprout is eatable.
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