Chenopodiaceae Author Kuehn, U. text 1993 Springer-Verlag Berlin, Heidelberg Editor Kubitzki, K. Editor Rohwer, J. G. Editor Bittrich, V. The Families and Genera of Vascular Plants 2 253 281 http://un.availab.le book chapter 3540555099 48. Halocnemum M. Bieb. Halocnemum M. Bieb. , Fl. Taur.-Cauc. 3: 3 (1819) Succulent shrub with articulate stems. Leaves scale-like. Flowers in groups of 3 or 2 in the axils of scale-like, opposite, free bracts, slightly immersed in the axils; perianth 3-lobed, herbaceous, lobes connate below the middle, unequal, two of them carinate; stamen 1; stigmas 2, subulate. Embryo semi-annular; radicle inferior. Zn = 18. One sp., H. strobilaceum (Pallas) M. Bieb._ Mediterr. Europe, W and C Asia.