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|name = Sea arrowgrass
|image = Stranddreizack.jpg
|genus = Triglochin
|species = maritima
|authority = [[Carl Linnaeus|L.]]
}}

'''''Triglochin maritima''''' is a species of flowering plant in the arrowgrass family [[Juncaginaceae]]. It is found in brackish marshes, freshwater marshes, wet sandy beaches, [[fens]], damp grassland and bogs. It has a [[Circumboreal Region|circumboreal distribution]], occurring throughout the northern Northern Hemisphere. In the [[British Isles]] it is common on the coast, but very rare inland.

==Description==
It is similar to [[marsh arrowgrass]] (''Triglochin palustris'') but has the following differences: it has [[stolons]], is stouter. The leaves are fleshy and not furrowed above. It is not very aromatic. The [[raceme]] are more dense and like [[sea plantain]]. The flowers are fleshier.  The fruits are oval, 4&nbsp;mm long, 2&nbsp;mm wide.<ref name="The Wild Flower Key">{{cite book |last=Rose |first=Francis |title=The Wild Flower Key |year=2006 |publisher=Frederick Warne & Co|isbn=978-0-7232-5175-0 |pages=488}}</ref>

It varies in height from 8-30 inches (to 45&nbsp;cm). It flowers in May to August; flowers are greenish, 3 petalled, edged with purple, 1/8 inch (2mm) across, in a long spike.<ref>[http://www.ct-botanical-society.org/galleries/triglochinmari.html Common Arrow-grass (Triglochin maritima)<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref><ref name="Complete British Wild Flowers">{{cite book |last=Sterry |first=Paul |title=Complete British Wild Flowers |year=2006 |publisher=HarperCollins Publishers Ltd|isbn=978-0-00-781484-8 |pages=188}}</ref>
Common names include '''seaside arrowgrass''',<ref>{{PLANTS|id=TRMA20|taxon=Triglochin maritima|accessdate=15 December 2015}}</ref> '''common arrowgrass''', '''sea arrowgrass''' and '''shore arrowgrass'''.

It can be an [[Annual plant|annual]] or [[perennial]].<ref name="Wild Flowers of Britain">{{cite book |last=Phillips |first=Roger |title=Wild Flowers of Britain |year=1994 |publisher=Macmillan Reference Books|isbn=0-330-25183-X |pages=52}}</ref>

''Triglochin concinna'' is a synonym of this species.<ref>[http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=1&taxon_id=222000441 Flora of North America]</ref>

==References==
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[[Category:Juncaginaceae]]
[[Category:Plants described in 1753]]
[[Category:Brackish water plants]]
[[Category:Freshwater plants]]


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