Annual Sea-blite
Suaeda linearis
Found in island-end flats, marsh edges, brackish flats, shell deposits, rarely adventive inland in disturbed areas. FloraQuest, phone app (app page) What its natural habitat tells you
Native to Florida. How scores work Is it native here?
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- Height
- Up to about 3 feet
- Light
- Full sun
- Soil moisture
- Dry to wet

At a glance
- Life cycle
- Annual or perennial
- Bloom
- August to December
Not yet recorded · Spread · Leaves
Recorded in 25 Florida counties.
Natural habitats
Places it grows wild. Not a planting requirement.

Habitats
Freshwater marshes; roadsides, fields and disturbed ground.
Each habitat page lists the plants and wildlife also found there. All habitats
Also found with this plant
Wildlife whose habitat models include habitats this plant grows in, in Florida. Shared habitat, not food. 121 animals.
- American White PelicanPelecanus erythrorhynchos
- Black-crowned Night-heronNycticorax nycticorax
- Boat-tailed GrackleQuiscalus major
- Brown PelicanPelecanus occidentalis
- Chimney SwiftChaetura pelagica
- Eastern Brown PelicanPelecanus occidentalis carolinensis
- Fish CrowCorvus ossifragus
- Gray KingbirdTyrannus dominicensis
- Great EgretArdea alba
- Indigo BuntingPasserina cyanea
- Laughing GullLeucophaeus atricilla
- Little Blue HeronEgretta caerulea
- Long-billed DowitcherLimnodromus scolopaceus
- MerlinFalco columbarius
- Painted BuntingPasserina ciris
- Red-tailed HawkButeo jamaicensis
- Reddish EgretEgretta rufescens
- Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpres
- Semipalmated PloverCharadrius semipalmatus
- Sharp-shinned HawkAccipiter striatus
- Spotted SandpiperActitis macularius
- Tricolored HeronEgretta tricolor
- Turkey VultureCathartes aura
- WilletTringa semipalmata
Who uses this plant?
No records yet · Ants · Beetles · Flies · Adult butterflies / moths · Other wasps · Other insects
Plant details
- Family
- Chenopodiaceae
- Flower color
- Red, pink or orange
Safety has not been reviewed for this plant; check toxicity and thorns before planting.
Growing sources and scope
- Bloom · “August to December” · FloraQuest: Carolinas, Georgia (Southeastern Flora Team), phone app (app page) · Carolinas and Georgia
- Flower color · “Red, pink or orange” · Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center
- Height · “Up to about 3 feet” · Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center
- Life cycle · “Annual or perennial” · Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center
- Light · “Full sun (documented habitat)” · FloraQuest: Carolinas, Georgia (Southeastern Flora Team), phone app (app page) · Carolinas and Georgia
- Soil · “Dry; Moist; Wet (documented habitat)” · FloraQuest: Carolinas, Georgia (Southeastern Flora Team), phone app (app page) · Carolinas and Georgia
Also known as
Annual Sea blite
Conservation status
| Florida rank | S4S5 |
|---|---|
| Global rank | G5 |
| FL status | Not verified |
| Federal status | Not verified |
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Sources
- Atlas of Florida Plants
- USDA PLANTS
- Vascular Plants of North Carolina (NC Natural Heritage Program)
- FloraQuest: Florida (Weakley), phone app (app page)
- NatureServe Explorer
- Shropshire & Tallamy 2025, Lepidoptera of North America north of Mexico, ZooKeys 1261 (ODbL)
- Noori, Seltmann & Orr 2026, A curated and integrated dataset for exploring global bee-plant interactions (GloBI), Zenodo, CC BY 4.0
- Smith, Bachelder, Russell, Morales, Mosher & Seltmann 2024, Bee-Specialization-Modeling v0.6.1 (specialist host table compiled from J. Fowler's pollen specialist bee lists), Zenodo, CC BY 4.0
- Hurlbert, Olsen, Sawyer & Winner 2021, Avian Diet Database, Scientific Data 8: 260 (CC0)
- Narango, Tallamy & Shropshire 2020, Few keystone plant genera support the majority of Lepidoptera species, Nature Communications

























