Aizoaceae
Slender seapurslane
Sesuvium maritimum
- Family
- Aizoaceae
- Genus
- Sesuvium
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Common names
By language (2)
- English
- Slender seapurslane
- Russian
- Сезувиум стройный
Synonyms
- Mollugo maritima Ser. ex DC.
- Pharnaceum maritimum Walter
- Pharnaceum maritimum Walter
- Sesuvium pentandrum Elliott
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Annual
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: native, Puerto Rico: native
Photos
Photo: Kristály Cravens-Liszak, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: jimduggan24, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Kristály Cravens-Liszak, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Stan Shebs, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Stan Shebs, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: naturedom12, CC0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Stan Shebs, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Stan Shebs, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: harrier, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: James (Jim) Duggan, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Stan Shebs, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Ashwin Srinivasan, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
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- Tropical seapurslaneSesuvium crithmoidesAizoaceae
- Texas seapurslaneSesuvium trianthemoidesAizoaceae
- Sesuvium ayresiiAizoaceae
- PanalSesuvium humifusumAizoaceae
- Sesuvium rubriflorumAizoaceae
- Sesuvium sesuvioidesAizoaceae
- Sesuvium hydaspicumAizoaceae
- Sesuvium mezianumAizoaceae
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); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.