Red Saltwort Salicornia rubra A. Nels.
All saltworts have leafless, jointed stems and flowers in fleshy cylindrical spikes.
The red saltwort is an annual that has the joints of the spike longer than thick. Annual herb with fibrous roots. Upright or ascending, branched from the base, up to 1 foot tall, smooth, with opposite, jointed branchlets, with the joints longer than thick, usually turning reddish. Reduced to scales, opposite.