Chenopodiaceae
Sea purslane
Halimione portulacoides
- Family
- Chenopodiaceae
- Genus
- Halimione
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Common names
By language (15)
- Arabic
- الفصيلة القُطَيفية المزيفة
- Basque
- Itsas getozka
- Bulgarian
- Тученицово халимионе
- Chinese
- 海馬齒莧
- Dutch
- Gewone zoutmelde
- English
- Sea purslane
- French
- Obione
- German
- Portulak-Keilmelde, Keilmelde, Salzmelde, Strand-Salzmelde, Ausdauernde Melde, Strandsalzmelde
- Irish
- Lus an ghaill
- Norwegian Bokmål
- Portulakkmelde
- Norwegian Nynorsk
- Portulakkmelde
- Persian
- خرفه دریایی
- Slovenian
- Tolščakasta loboda
- Swedish
- Portlakmålla
- Welsh
- Llygwyn llwydwyn
Synonyms
- Atriplex angustifolia var. erecta Gaudin
- Atriplex portulacoides L.
- Atriplex portulacoides var. erecta (Gaudin) Maire
- Chenopodium portulacoides (L.) Thunb.
- Halimus portulacoides (L.) Dumort.
- Obione portulacoides (L.) Moq.
Photos
Photo: Stefan.lefnaer, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Stefan.lefnaer, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Stefan.lefnaer, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Stefan.lefnaer, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Stefan.lefnaer, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Stefan.lefnaer, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Stefan.lefnaer, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Stefan.lefnaer, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Stefan.lefnaer, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Stefan.lefnaer, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Stefan.lefnaer, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Stefan.lefnaer, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.