Triglochin palustris
Details Top
| Internal ID | UUID6440269b21cd7900938454 |
| Scientific name | Triglochin palustris |
| Authority | L. |
| First published in | Sp. Pl. : 338 (1753) |
General Uses Top
Suggest a correction!Common products:
- Fresh young leaves and shoots harvested in early spring, before flowering, are collected for culinary use. The tender, low‑fiber foliage is consumed raw in salads or lightly cooked as a potherb. It is valued by foragers for its mild flavor and tender texture. Because it is not cultivated commercially, its use relies on wild harvesting. The plant is collected by hand, as mechanical harvesting would disturb its fragile rhizome system.
Food and beverages (non-medicinal):
- The shoots can be eaten raw, sliced into salads, or blanched and added to soups, stews, and sautéed dishes. Preparation typically involves brief cooking to preserve texture; the plant is not used for medicinal teas or extracts. They are occasionally served as a seasonal side dish.
Properties relevant to use:
- Leaves are thin‑cuticled, with high water content typical of herbaceous foliage and low lignified tissue, resulting in a soft mouthfeel. Chemical analysis of wild Triglochin palustris reports modest protein content. The species tolerates brackish soils; the edible leaves do not retain noticeable saltiness.
Standards and regulation:
- No species‑specific food standards exist for T. palustris. Its use as a wild vegetable falls under general food‑safety statutes where it is harvested or sold. In the European Union, the General Food Law (Regulation (EC) No 178/2002) and hygiene rules (Regulation (EC) No 852/2004) apply to wild‑collected greens; traceability and hygiene controls are required. In the United Kingdom, the Food Standards Agency advises accurate identification, avoidance of polluted sites, and compliance with the Food Safety Act 1990. In the United States, commercial sale of wild‑foraged plants is governed by the FDA’s Food Safety Modernization Act and state‑level regulations.
Sustainability and sourcing:
- The plant reproduces vegetatively through rhizomes, forming dense mats in salt marshes and inland saline soils. Harvesting is limited to the young shoots before flowering to avoid damaging the rhizome network and preserve habitat for invertebrates and waterfowl. Because commercial cultivation is absent, supply depends on wild collection, and monitoring of population density is recommended to maintain ecological integrity.
Synonyms Top
| Scientific name | Authority | First published in |
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| Triglochin komarovii | Lipsch. & Pavlov | Byull. Moskovsk. Obshch. Isp. Prir., Otd. Biol. , n.s., 45: 152 (1936) |
| Triglochin palustris var. crassiculmis | Tzvelev | Novosti Sist. Vyssh. Rast. 21: 241 (1984) |
| Triglochin asiatica var. komarovii | (Lipsch. & V.N.Pavlov) Tzvelev | Novosti Sist. Vyssh. Rast. 21: 241 (1984) |
| Triglochin palustris f. fernaldiana | J.Rousseau | Canad. J. Res., Sect. C, Bot. Sci. 28: 245 (1952) |
| Abbotia palustris | Raf. | New Fl. 1: 37 (1836) |
| Abbotia pumila | Raf. | New Fl. 1: 37 (1836) |
| Juncago palustris | (L.) Moench | Methodus 644. 1794 (1794) |
| Triglochin andina | Phil. | Anales Univ. Chile 43: 538 (1873) |
| Triglochin chilensis | Meyen | Observ. Bot. 1: 354 (1834) |
| Triglochin fonticola | Phil. | Fl. Atacam. : 49 (1860) |
| Triglochin himalensis | Royle | Ill. Bot. Himal. Mts. : 402 (1840) |
| Triglochin juncea | Gilib. | Exerc. Phyt. 2: 501 (1792) |
| Tristemon palustris | Raf. | Amer. Monthly Mag. & Crit. Rev. 4: 192 (1819) |
| Triglochin palustris var. salina | Mert. & W.D.J.Koch | Deutschl. Fl. ed. 3, 2: 627. 1826 |
| Triglochin crassiculmis | (Tzvelev) Prob. | Fl. Ross. Dal'nego Vostoka : 267 (2006) |
| Triglochin palustris f. robustior | Sennen | Exsicc. (Pl. Espagne) 1915: n.° 2456 (1916) |
Common names Top
Add a new one! Suggest a correction!| Language | Common/alternative name |
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| English | marsh arrowgrass |
| Belarusian | Трынасеннік балотны |
| Belarusian | Трынасеннік Камарова |
| Belarusian | Балотніца |
| Bulgarian | блатен триостреник |
| Catalan | troscart des marais |
| Czech | bařička bahenní |
| Danish | kær-trehage |
| German | sumpf-dreizack |
| German | troscart des marais |
| Estonian | soo-õisluht |
| Finnish | hentosuolake |
| French | troscart des marais |
| Upper Sorbian | tonidłowa bažička |
| Hungarian | mocsári kígyófű |
| Icelandic | mýrasauðlaukur |
| Japanese | ホソバノシバナ |
| Lithuanian | troscart des marais |
| Lithuanian | pelkinė narytžolė |
| Latvian | purva āžloks |
| Norwegian Bokmål | myrsauløk |
| Dutch | moeraszoutgras |
| Norwegian Nynorsk | myrsaulauk |
| Polish | Świbka błotna |
| Russian | Триостренник Комарова |
| Russian | Триостренник болотный |
| Serbian | Барски трозубац |
| Swedish | troscart des marais |
| Swedish | kärrsälting |
| Ukrainian | Тризубець болотний |
| Chinese | 海韭菜 |
| Chinese | 水麥冬 |
| Chinese | 水麦冬 |
Germination/Propagation Top
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Distribution (via POWO/KEW) Top
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Links to other databases Top
Suggest others/fix!| Database | ID/link to page |
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| World Flora Online | wfo-0000770196 |
| Canadensys | 6349 |
| USDA Plants | TRPA28 |
| Tropicos | 17000003 |
| INPN | 127547 |
| Flora of Italy | 6702 |
| KEW | urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:603552-1 |
| The Plant List | kew-308924 |
| Plantarium | 39077 |
| Open Tree Of Life | 269404 |
| Observations.org | 7579 |
| NCBI Taxonomy | 403040 |
| Nature Serve | 2.161159 |
| IUCN Red List | 164152 |
| IPNI | 603552-1 |
| iNaturalist | 79436 |
| GBIF | 2865280 |
| Freebase | /m/09g6j__ |
| WisFlora | 5275 |
| EPPO | TRLPA |
| EOL | 1089028 |
| Elurikkus | 320178 |
| Calflora (Californian flora) | 8115 |
| USDA GRIN | 408553 |
| Wikipedia | Triglochin_palustris |
Genomes (via NCBI) Top
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| Accession | Assembly | |||||
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| Name | Level | Submitter | Released | Coverage | Size | |
| GCA_964197745.1 | laTriPals1.1 | Chromosome | WELLCOME SANGER INSTITUTE | 2024-07-06 | 32 | 417.22 Mb |
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| In public collections | 0 |