Sesuvium maritimum (Walter) Britton, Sterns & Poggenb.
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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 - Annual, glabrous; branches 0.5-3 dm. long. Leaves obovate or spatulate, entire, rounded or slightly emarginate at the apex, narrowed into a petiole or the upper sessile, 8-25 mm. long; flowers sessile or nearly so, about 2 mm. broad, mostly solitary; stamens 5, alternate with the calyx-lobes; capsule ovoid, about 4 mm. high, scarcely lcnger than the calyx.
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Distribution
Salinas and edges of mangrove swamps, Andros. Ship Channel Cay. Cat Island, Long Island, Little San Salvador and Watling's : Atlantic coast from Long Island to Florida ; Cuba ; Puerto Rico. Slender Sea Purslane.
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