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 Virginia. 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 12 Virginia counties.
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 Virginia. Shared habitat, not food. 35 animals.
- American AvocetRecurvirostra americana
- American OystercatcherHaematopus palliatus
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- DovekieAlle alle
- Glaucous GullLarus hyperboreus
- KilldeerCharadrius vociferus
- Lapland LongspurCalcarius lapponicus
- Mourning DoveZenaida macroura
- Piping PloverCharadrius melodus
- Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpres
- Sharp-shinned HawkAccipiter striatus
- Short-eared OwlAsio flammeus
- Snowy EgretEgretta thula
- Spotted SandpiperActitis macularius
- Turkey VultureCathartes aura
- WilletTringa semipalmata
- American PipitAnthus rubescens
- Boat-tailed GrackleQuiscalus major
- Chimney SwiftChaetura pelagica
- Double-crested CormorantPhalacrocorax auritus
- DunlinCalidris alpina
- Fish CrowCorvus ossifragus
- Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus
- Gull-billed TernGelochelidon nilotica
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
| Virginia rank | S3 |
|---|---|
| Global rank | G5 |
| VA status | Not verified |
| Federal status | Not verified |
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Sources
- Virginia DCR Natural Heritage rare plant list
- Digital Atlas of the Virginia Flora
- USDA PLANTS
- Vascular Plants of North Carolina (NC Natural Heritage Program)
- 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

























