saltwort

(noun) bushy plant of Old World salt marshes and sea beaches having prickly leaves; burned to produce a crude soda ash. Synonyms: barilla, glasswort, kali, kelpwort, Salsola kali, Salsola soda.

(noun) low-growing strong-smelling coastal shrub of warm parts of the New World having unisexual flowers in conelike spikes and thick succulent leaves. Synonyms: Batis maritima.