Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Caryophyllales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Sesuvium maritimum
FAMILY
Aizoaceae
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Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Read more about Small Sea-purslane at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Sesuvium maritimum
FAMILY
Aizoaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Sesuvium maritimum
SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America
Sesuvium maritimum
SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 069-01-002:
Sesuvium maritimum FAMILY Aizoaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Sesuvium maritimum
COMMON NAME:
Small Sea-purslane, Slender Sea-purslane
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_sema3_001_lvd
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Keith Bradley kab_s_maritimum_0293
April Monroe County FL
Everglades National Park
Similar to S. portulacastrum but flowers sessile, with only 5 stamens, per Wildflowers of the Eastern United States (Duncan & Duncan, 1999).
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Keith Bradley kab_s_maritimum_0311
April Monroe County FL
Everglades National Park
Plant succulent. Leaf blades spatulate to ovate, 1-2.5cm, bases tapering, per Flora of North America.
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Keith Bradley kab_s_maritimum_1245
May Monroe County FL
Everglades National Park
More erect than S. portulacastrum, per Wildflowers of the Eastern United States (Duncan & Duncan, 1999).
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Keith Bradley kab_s_maritimum_1247
May Monroe County FL
Everglades National Park
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Keith Bradley kab_s_maritimum_1255
May Monroe County FL
Everglades National Park
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Sesuvium maritimum
FAMILY
Aizoaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Sesuvium maritimum
FAMILY
Aizoaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Sesuvium maritimum
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America
Sesuvium maritimum
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 069-01-002:
Sesuvium maritimum
FAMILY
Aizoaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Sesuvium maritimum
4091
Forb
Annual
Habitat: Island end flats and sea beaches, salt flats; less typically inland (AL, LA) in saline marshes or seeps (associated with salt domes), per Weakley's Flora
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Uncommon in Coastal Plain
CLICK HERE to see a map, notes, and images from Weakley's Flora of the Southeastern US.
LEAVES:
Simple
Opposite
Petioles clasping
Leaves do not have stipules.
FLOWER:
Winter/Spring/Summer/Fall
Pink or purplish
Flowers are sessile.
5 sepals
Petals absent
5 stamens (no petaloid staminodes)
Ovary half-inferior
Bisexual
Flowers solitary in leaf axils
FRUIT:
Spring/Summer/Fall
Capsule
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- Guide to the Wildflowers of SC, 2nd ed. (McMillan, Porcher, Rayner, & White; 2022) p496
- Wildflowers of the Atlantic Southeast (Cotterman, Waitt, & Weakley, 2019) p126
- Wildflowers of the Eastern United States (Duncan & Duncan, 1999) p007
- Field Guide to the Wildflowers of Georgia (Chafin, 2016) p024
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