Sesuvium portulacastrum
Abstract
Two color photographs of Sesuvium portulacastrum (also known as sea purslane or shoreline purslane), a perennial from the carpetweed family found commonly among bay and island beaches of the Texas Coastal Bend.
Description
Photographs in this collection originally appeared in the book "Plants of the Texas Coastal Bend" (2005) by Roy L. Lehman, Ruth O'Brien and Tammy White.Subject
dicotyledonclass magnoliopsida
carpetweed family
perennial
Coastal Bend (Tex.)
Botany
Plants--Texas
Collections
Basis Of Record
MachineObservationScientific Name
Sesuvium portulacastrumFamily
AizoaceaeVernacular Name
Sea purslane, shoreline purslaneCitation
Lehman, Roy L. (2005). Sesuvium portulacastrum. Texas A & M University. Press. Available electronically from https : / /hdl .handle .net /1969 .1 /194645.