Habit: Salicornia bigelovii grows as an erect, annual, succulent halophyte with photosynthetic stems, becoming reddish brown with age. Plants to 70 cm in height when in flower. Branches spreading. The leaves are highly reduced as paired triangular to ovate scales that are basally connate.
The incomplete, perfect, actinomorphic flowers are in 3 flowered cymes embedded in the stems forming a spike at the terminus of branches. The calyx is reduced to 3-4 teeth and there is no corolla. There are 2 stamens. The superior ovary has a single locule and seed that is covered in curved hairs.
Habitat: Salicornia bigelovii grows in saline areas along the coast or edges of mangrove and saline flats.
Distribution: Salicornia bigelovii occurs on all island groupings within the Lucayan Archipelago as well as the eastern, southern and western United States, Mexico, and the entire Caribbean region.
Medicinal/Cultural/Economic usage: Salicornia bigelovii is not used medicinally in the Bahamas.