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Pedunculate Sea Purslane

Halimione pedunculata

Pedunculate Sea Purslane
Photo: Olivier Pichard, CC BY-SA 3.0

Pedunculate sea-purslane is a small annual herb of salty sandy shores, growing up to about 30 cm tall with spade-shaped leaves. It needs open, sunny, saline-tolerant ground to thrive.

Family
Amaranthaceae (Amaranth & beet family)
Grows as
Annual
Light
Full sun
Water
Water sparingly; it tolerates dry, salty conditions and is best kept on the dry side.
Soil
Sandy, well-drained, saline or coastal soil.
Temperature
Tolerant of temperate coastal conditions; protect from hard frost.
How easy
Easy

About

Halimione pedunculata, the pedunculate sea-purslane, is an annual plant occurring on salty sandy grounds along the seashore. It grows with a standing herbaceous stem up to 30 cm high. The leaves are long and spade shaped. The stipules are triangle shaped to oppositely heart shaped, without spikes, with long petioles.

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Sea Purslane · Halimione

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Halimione pedunculata by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.

The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.

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