Sesuvium

• Authority

  Acevedo-Rodríguez, Pedro & collaborators. 1996. Flora of St. John, U.S. Virgin Islands. Mem. New York Bot. Gard. 78: 1-581.

• Family

  Aizoaceae

• Scientific Name

  Sesuvium

• Description

  Genus Description - Succulent prostrate herbs. Leaves opposite, succulent and stipulate. Flowers solitary and axillary; calyx with 5 sepals, often colored, with a central keel on dorsal side; corolla lacking; stamens 5 to numerous; ovary 3-5 celled, with numerous ovules. Fruit a circumscissile capsule; seeds numerous, stalked, usually smooth.