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Aizoaceae
Sesuvium

not marked as a favorite taxon Sesuvium portulacastrum (Linnaeus) Linnaeus. Common name: Large Sea-Purslane, Shoreline Sea-Purslane. Phenology: May-Dec (-Jan). Habitat: Island end sand flats and sea beaches; less typically inland (LA) in saline marshes or seeps (associated with salt domes). Distribution: A pantropical coastal species, in North America from e. NC south to s. FL, west to e. TX; also in the West Indies and south into the tropics (introduced on ballast in se. PA). Essentially cosmopolitan on tropical and subtropical shores.

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Origin/Endemic status: Native

Synonymy ⓘ: = Bah, Fl5, FNA4, GW2, K4, Mex, Mo2, NS, POWO, RAB, S, S13, WH3, Boetsch (2002), Bohley, Winter, & Kadereit (2017); = n/a — C, F, Pa; Portulaca portulacastrum Linnaeus. Basionym: Portulaca portulacastrum L. 1753

Links to other floras: = Sesuvium portulacastrum - FNA4

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Wetland Indicator Status:

  • Atlantic and Gulf Coastal Plain: FACW
  • Eastern Mountains and Piedmont: FACW
  • Great Plains: FACW

Heliophily ⓘ: 9

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image #1 of Sesuvium portulacastrum© Keith Bradley
image #2 of Sesuvium portulacastrum© Nate Hartley, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Nate Hartley source CC-BY-NC, permission granted to NCBG | Original Image ⭷
image #3 of Sesuvium portulacastrum© Alan Cressler: Sesuvium portulacastrum, near Maakole, Hawaii County, Hawaii 1 by Alan Cressler source | Original Image ⭷
image #4 of Sesuvium portulacastrum© Nate Hartley, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Nate Hartley source CC-BY-NC, permission granted to NCBG | Original Image ⭷
image #5 of Sesuvium portulacastrum© Scott Ward | Original Image ⭷
image #6 of Sesuvium portulacastrum© Jay Horn source | Original Image ⭷
image #7 of Sesuvium portulacastrum© Joe MDO, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Joe MDO source CC-BY-NC, permission granted to NCBG | Original Image ⭷
image #8 of Sesuvium portulacastrum© Keith Bradley | Original Image ⭷
image #9 of Sesuvium portulacastrum© Aidan Campos source | Original Image ⭷

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