1	"Leaves up to 1.5 mm long"	"Suaeda micromeris"
1	"At least some leaves more than 10 mm long"	2
2	"Plants erect shrubs 1-6(-6) m tall; stems more than 1 cm thick towards the base; leaves more or less flattened above and below; flowers in clusters with 1 large central staminate flower surrounded by much smaller pitillate flowers that look superficially like naked ovaries"	"Suaeda monoica"
2	"Plants sprawling to somewhat scrambling shrubs, less than 1 m tall (unless growing over some form of support); stems less than 1 cm thick; leaves usually round in cross-section or flattened only on 1 side; some bisexual flowers present, sometimes pistillate flowers also present"	3
3	"Utricles thin-walled or at least not conspicuous spongy, free from the perianth"	"Suaeda vermiculata"
3	"Upper part of the utricles conspicuously swollen and spongy, lwer part at least partially fused to the perianth"	"Suaeda aegyptiaca"