WorldFloraDB - Sesuvium maritimum

Characteristics

Plants annual, papillate, glabrous. Stems prostrate to ascending, usually copiously branched, 1-4 dm; not rooting at nodes. Leaves: petiole clasping; blade spatulate to ovate, 1-2.5 cm, base tapering. Inflorescences: flowers usually solitary; pedicel usually absent or to 1 mm. Flowers: calyx lobes pink or purple adaxially, with subapical abaxial appendages, ovate, 3 mm; stamens 5; pistil 2-3-carpellate; ovary 2-3-loculed; styles 2-3. Capsules ovoid, 4-5 mm. Seeds 30-50, blackish brown, 1 mm, iridescent, smooth.

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Annual, glabrous and succulent throughout, prostrate to ascending, 1–3 dm, freely branched; lvs oblanceolate to broadly spatulate, 1–3 cm, the members of a pair commonly unequal; sep 2–3 mm including the short appendage; stamens 5; fr ovoid, 4 mm; seeds numerous, smooth, under 1 mm. Sea-beaches; N.Y. to Tex. and W.I.; scattered inland in Kans. and Okla. July–Sept.

Life form

annual

Growth form

herb

Growth support

free-standing

Foliage retention

-

Sexuality

hermaphrodite

Pollination

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Spread

-

Mature width (meter)

-

Mature height (meter)

0.1 - 0.2

Root system

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Rooting depth (meter)

-

Root diameter (meter)

-

Flower color

Blooming months

Jan	Feb	Mar
Apr	May	Jun
Jul	Aug	Sep
Oct	Nov	Dec

Fruit color

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Fruiting months

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Nitrogen fixer

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Photosynthetic pathway

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Environment

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Hardiness (USDA)

Usage

Uses	food
Edible
Therapeutic use	-
Human toxicity	-
Animal toxicity	-

Cultivation

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Distribution

Identifiers

LSID	urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:192328-2
WFO ID	wfo-0001292820
COL ID	4WZYH
BDTFX ID	-
INPN ID	636535
Wikipedia (EN)	Link
Wikipedia (FR)

Synonyms

Sesuvium pentandrum Sesuvium maritimum Mollugo maritima Pharnaceum maritimum Pharnaceum maritimum

WorldFloraDB 2024

Sesuvium maritimum (Walter) Britton, Sterns & Poggenb.

Slender seapurslane (en)

Species

Angiosperms > Caryophyllales > Aizoaceae > Sesuvioideae > Sesuvieae > Sesuvium