Sesuvium portulacastrum (L.) L.
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Authority
Britton, Nathaniel L. & Millspaugh, Charles F. 1920. The Bahama Flora.
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Family
Aizoaceae
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Scientific Name
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Description
Species Description - Perennial, fleshy, glabrous. Stems usually diffusely branched, the branches prostrate, often creeping, forming large patches; leaves oblaneeolate to oblong, 1.5-4 cm. long, acute or acutish, the bases clasping; flowers shorh-pedicelled, solitary in the axils; calyx-lobes lanceolate, 7-10 mm. long, hooded, purple within, the back prolonged into an appendage; stamens numerous; capsule conic, 8-10 mm. long.
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Distribution
Sea beaches and saline borders, throughout the archipelago to Turks Island and Cay Sal : Bermuda ; North Carolina to Florida ; the West Indies ; Mexico to Colombia and Venezuela : Old World tropics. Plants from saline borders have smaller leaves and seeds than those from sea beaches and coastal rocks. Sea Purslane.
Turks and Caicos Islands South America| Bermuda South America| North Carolina United States of America North America| Florida United States of America North America| West Indies| México Mexico North America| Colombia South America| Venezuela South America|