Sesuvium portulacastrum habit1 - 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, 10:45. Source: Sesuvium portulacastrum habit1. Author: Harry Rose from Dungog, Australia.
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- Life (creatures)
- Cellular (cellular organisms)
- Eukaryota (eukaryotes)
- Archaeplastida (plants)
- Chloroplastida (green plants)
- Streptophyta
- Embryophytes
- Tracheophyta (ferns)
- Spermatophytes (seed plants)
- Angiosperms (Dicotyledons)
- Eudicots
- Superasterids
- Caryophyllales
- Aizoaceae (stone plants)
- Sesuvium (sea purslane)
- Sesuvium portulacastrum (shoreline seapurslane)
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