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Sesuvium maritimum
Also called Annual Sea Purslane, Annual Seapurslane, Slender Sea Purslane
Slender seapurslane is a small annual succulent that grows on sandy beaches, salt marshes and other coastal ground in the southeastern United States, the Caribbean and Mexico. It is a salt-tolerant coastal plant that does best in full sun with moist, sandy soil.
Sesuvium maritimum is an annual herbaceous plant native to southeastern North America in the family Aizoaceae. This species is commonly known as the annual or slender sea purslane or Puerto Rico Sea-purslane. It can be found on sandy beaches, salt marshes, or other coastal regions.
This plant is commonly present within costal regions of eastern US (Alabama, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Maryland, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Virginia, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Texas). They reach far down as, southern regions of Mexico, Puerto Rico, Cuba, the Bahamas, and other surrounding islands. Furthermore, it was found to be present in Kansas and Oklahoma.
In the past, sea purslane were once used as medicine to treat scurvy and venomous wounds. In addition, it's one of several plants that aid in the prevention of coastal erosion.
Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Sesuvium maritimum 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.
Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.
