Sesuvium maritimum (Walter) Britton, Sterns, & Poggenburg. Small Sea-Purslane, Slender Sea-Purslane. Phen: May-Dec (-Apr). Hab: Island end flats and sea beaches, salt flats; less typically inland (AL, LA) in saline marshes or seeps (associated with salt domes). Dist: NY south to s. FL, west to TX, south to Mexico (TAM, VER); West Indies.
Origin/Endemic status: Native
Synonymy ⓘ: = Bah, C, F, Fl5, FNA4, G, GW2, Il, K1, K3, K4, Mex, NE, NY, RAB, S, S13, Tat, Tx, Va, WH3, Boetsch (2002), Bohley, Winter, & Kadereit (2017)
Wetland Indicator Status:
- Atlantic and Gulf Coastal Plain: FACW
- Great Plains: FACW
- Northcentral & Northeast: FACW
Heliophily ⓘ: 9
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