Plants → Magnoliophyta → Magnoliopsida → Caryophyllales → Aizoaceae Martinov → Sesuvium L. → Sesuvium portulacastrum (L.) L.

Sesuvium portulacastrum (L.) L.
Syst.Nat. Ed. 10, 2:1058 (1759)

Conservation Code: Not threatened
Naturalised Status: Native to Western Australia
Name Status: Current
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Photo of Sesuvium portulacastrum (L.) L.

Brief Description
Amanda Spooner, Monday 30 August 1999

Sub-erect to sprawling perennial, herb, ca 0.3 m high. Fl. pink-purple, Mar to Dec. Sandy clay. Coastal limestone & sandstone, tidal flats, salt marshes.

Distribution

Beard’s Provinces: Eremaean Province, Northern Province, South-West Province.

IBRA Regions: Carnarvon, Dampierland, Geraldton Sandplains, Great Sandy Desert, Northern Kimberley, Pilbara, Victoria Bonaparte, Yalgoo.

IBRA Subregions: Cape Range, Edel, Fitzroy Trough, Lesueur Sandplain, McLarty, Mitchell, Pindanland, Roebourne, Victoria Bonaparte P1, Wooramel.

IMCRA Regions: Canning, Kimberley, Ningaloo, Pilbara (nearshore), Pilbara (offshore), Zuytdorp.

Local Government Areas (LGAs): Ashburton, Broome, Carnarvon, Derby-West Kimberley, East Pilbara, Exmouth, Karratha, Moora, Port Hedland, Wyndham-East Kimberley.