Help us maintain this website and keep it free and open for our community of scientists, students, and conservation managers, who depend on it to obtain the most up to date information. Help us save species and restore native ecosystems!

Close

Please scroll to the bottom for more images.
Sesuvium maritimum (Walter) Britton, Sterns & Poggenb.
Annual sea-purslane, Slender seapurslane

Sesuvium maritimum
Copyright by: James Johnson, 2014
In habitat, Everglades National Park, Florida
Expand

Family: Aizoaceae

Group: Dicot

Substrate: Terrestrial

Habit: Herb

Perennation: Annual

Native Range: Scattered in the eastern and southeastern United States, the West Indies, Mexico and Central America (Belize).

Map of select IRC data for peninsular Florida

IRC SOUTH FLORIDA Status: Imperiled

SOUTH FLORIDA Occurrence: Present

SOUTH FLORIDA Native Status: Native

SOUTH FLORIDA Cultivated Status: Cultivated

Comments: For images, visit Go Botany.

Other data on Sesuvium maritimum available from :

Atlas of Florida Vascular Plants
Sesuvium maritimum has been found in the following 12 conservation areas :
Occurrence Native Status
Bahia Honda State Park Reported
Biscayne National Park Present Native
Biscayne National Park, Florida Keys Section Present Native
Deering Estate at Cutler Present Native
Estero Bay Preserve State Park Doubtfully Present
Everglades National Park Present Native
Hugh Taylor Birch State Park Doubtfully Present
J.N. Ding Darling National Wildlife Refuge Present Native
John Pennekamp Coral Reef State Park Reported
National Key Deer Refuge Present Native
Rookery Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve Present Native
Stuart Beach Park Present Native

Sesuvium maritimum has been found in the following 5 counties :
Occurrence Native Status
Lee County Native
Martin County Native
Miami-Dade County Native
Monroe County (Keys) Native
Monroe County (Mainland) Native

Sesuvium maritimum has been found in the following 4 habitats :
Beach Dune
Coastal Berm
Disturbed Wetland
Sinkhole

All Images:

Sesuvium maritimum
Copyright by: James Johnson, 2014
In habitat, Everglades National Park, Florida
Expand
Sesuvium maritimum
Copyright by: Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden, 2002
Keith A. Bradley 2252 FTG
Sanibel Island, Florida