English: Turtleweed; Saltwort; Beachwort; Pickleweed.
Botany: sole genus in Bataceae; halophytic, salt tolerant; coastal salt marshes; temperate and tropical America and Australasia; evergreen low shrubs; growing bushy only once rooted; leaves small, swollen, fleshy, narrowly club-shaped, bright green, sometimes reddish; flowers small, non-showy spikes.