Samphire is also the name of a short story by Patrick O'Brian.

Rock samphire, Crithmum maritimum is a coastal species with white flowers that grows in the United Kingdom. This is probably the species mentioned by Shakespeare in King Lear - "Half-way down, Hangs one that gathers samphire; dreadful trade!"

Golden samphire, Inula crithmoides is a coastal species with yellow flowers that grows across Eurasia.

Marsh samphire is another name given to the glassworts, genus Salicornia.

Samphire is commonly used to describe plants from the Australian genus of succulent coastal plants Halosarcia, and from the cosmopolitan genus Sarcocornia.