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Seapurslane

Sesuvium

Also called Sea purslane, Sea Purslanes

Seapurslane
Photo: Forest & Kim Starr, CC BY 3.0
Family
Aizoaceae (Ice-plant family)

About

Sesuvium is a genus of flowering plants in the ice plant family, Aizoaceae. Its species are commonly known as sea-purslanes. The genus includes 14 species native to the tropics and subtropics around the world.

Other Sesuvium plants

Galapagos Carpetweed · Slender seapurslane · Shoreline seapurslane · Texas seapurslane · Verrucose seapurslane

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Sesuvium by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts are shared under the same licence.

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