PLANTS Profile for Sesuvium maritimum (slender seapurslane)

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Sesuvium maritimum (Walter) Britton, Sterns & Poggenb.
slender seapurslane

Symbol:

SEMA3

Group:

Dicot

Family:

Aizoaceae

Duration:

Annual

Growth Habit:

Forb/herb

Native Status:

L48		N
PR		N

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Line Drawing of Sesuvium maritimum (Walter) Britton, Sterns & Poggenb.

Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913. An illustrated flora of the northern United States, Canada and the British Possessions. Vol. 2: 34. Courtesy of Kentucky Native Plant Society. Scanned by Omnitek Inc. Usage Requirements.

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Sesuvium maritimum (Walter) Britton, Sterns & Poggenb.

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Distribution:
Sesuvium maritimum (Walter) Britton, Sterns & Poggenb.


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USA (AL, DE, FL, GA, KS, LA, MD, MS, NC, NJ, NY, OK, PA, SC, TX, VA), USA+ (PR)

Related Taxa:
Sesuvium maritimum (Walter) Britton, Sterns & Poggenb.

View 17 genera in Aizoaceae, 7 species in Sesuvium

Classification:
Sesuvium maritimum (Walter) Britton, Sterns & Poggenb.

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Kingdom	Plantae – Plants
Subkingdom	Tracheobionta – Vascular plants
Superdivision	Spermatophyta – Seed plants
Division	Magnoliophyta – Flowering plants
Class	Magnoliopsida – Dicotyledons
Subclass	Caryophyllidae
Order	Caryophyllales
Family	Aizoaceae – Fig-marigold family
Genus	Sesuvium L. – seapurslane
Species	Sesuvium maritimum (Walter) Britton, Sterns & Poggenb. – slender seapurslane

Threatened and Endangered Information:
Sesuvium maritimum (Walter) Britton, Sterns & Poggenb.

This plant is listed by the U.S. federal government or a state. Common names are from state and federal lists. Click on a place name to get a complete protected plant list for that location.

Maryland:
sea-purslane		Endangered
New York:
sea purslane		Endangered

Wetland Indicator Status:
Sesuvium maritimum (Walter) Britton, Sterns & Poggenb.

Nat. Ind.

Reg. 1

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Reg. 0

Reg. A

Reg. C

Reg. H

FACW,OBL

FACW

OBL

Interpreting Wetland Indicator Status

More Accounts and Images:
Sesuvium maritimum (Walter) Britton, Sterns & Poggenb.

View species account and distribution map from Flora of North America (FNA).

View species account and distribution from USF Atlas of Florida Vascular Plants.

View species account from ARS Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN).

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 19904.

Time Generated: 10/20/2008 11:26 PM MDT