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Sesuvium verrucosum Rafinesque. Common name: Western Sea-Purslane. Phenology: Apr-Aug. Habitat: Salt flats, beaches, saline marshes. Distribution: S. MS west through TX to CA, south to s. Mexico.

Origin/Endemic status: Native

Taxonomy Comments: POWO (2024) alleges that the correct name for this taxon is Sesuvium revolutifolium Ortega, which indeed would have priority, but the type is from Cuba, where POWO (2024) and other sources do not record S. verrucosum.

Synonymy : = FNA4, GrPl, K4, Mex, Ok, Bohley, Winter, & Kadereit (2017); = Sesuvium sessile Pers. — S13, misapplied; > Sesuvium erectum Correll — Tx; ? Sesuvium revolutifolium Ortega — POWO; > Sesuvium verrucosum Raf. — Tx

Links to other floras: = Sesuvium verrucosum - FNA4

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Wetland Indicator Status:

  • Atlantic and Gulf Coastal Plain: FACW
  • Great Plains: FACW

Heliophily : 9

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