Sesuvium portulacastrum flower3 - Flickr - Macleay Grass Man

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Description: Native, warm season, perennial, succulent, hairless prostrate herb. Stems are to 1 m long and root at the nodes. Leaves are linear to lanceolate or oblanceolate, to 7 cm long and 5–10 mm wide. Flowers are solitary, axillary and pedicellate. Perianth is tubular, pink, 5-lobed, with a dorsal fleshy mucro behind each apex. Stamens are numerous. Grows on sand or mud in subtropical to tropical coasts. Date: 30 December 2007, 13:43. Source: Sesuvium portulacastrum flower3. Author: Harry Rose from Dungog, Australia.