Sea purslane
கடல் வழுக்கைக்கீரை
Sesuvium portulacastrum (L.) L.
- light
- —
- water
- —
- tall
- 30 cm
- wide
- —
Aizoaceae
Also called Common carpetweed, Shoreline Seapurslane, Shoreline purslane, Sea-purslane, Seaside purslane
Formerly Halimus portulacastrum, Portulaca portulacastrum
When it flowers
Flowers all year in the tropics.
Read from iNaturalist photographs of it in flower. A month counts at 50% of the best month's flowering share (smoothed over three months) and 10% of its flowering count, from at least 100 flowering observations in the band.
If a child, a pet or anyone may have eaten a plant, contact a doctor or vet straight away, or call the National Poisons Information Centre (AIIMS, New Delhi) on 1800 116 117, free and open 24 hours.
Something wrong with it?About it
- Grows as
- Subshrub or shrubKew's checklist, not yet checked
- Climate
- Seasonally dry tropicalKew's checklist, not yet checked
- Wild in
- Tropics & SubtropicsKew's checklist, not yet checked
- Height
- 30 cmRead from Wikipedia, one source
- Flowers
- Pink, purpleRead from Wikipedia, one source
Not known yet: light, spread, water, coldest it survives, heat, hottest it survives.
In other languages (12)
- Spanish
- verdolaga de playa, verdolaga, cenicienta
- Hawaiian
- ‘ākulikuli, `Akulikuli, Akulikuli
- French
- Sésuve à fleurs de pourpier, Pourpier de mer
- Chinese
- 海馬齒, 海马齿
- Indonesian
- Gelang laut
- Japanese
- ミルスベリヒユ, シロミルスベリヒユ
- Lithuanian
- Pajūrinis spingras
- Chinese (China)
- 海马齿
- Russian
- Сезувиум портулаковидный
- Portuguese
- Beldroega-da-praia
- Thai
- ผักเบี้ยทะเล
- Ukrainian
- Сесувій портулакоподібний
Where this comes from
- iNaturalist, read 2026-10-25, CC0-1.0 (observation counts)
- Wikidata, read 2026-10-26, CC0-1.0
- Kew's checklist, read 2026-10-24, CC-BY-4.0
- Wikipedia, read 2026-10-25, fact, cited
- Wikimedia Commons, read 2026-10-25, CC BY-SA 3.0
- iNaturalist, read 2026-10-25, CC BY
- iNaturalist, read 2026-10-25, CC0
- iNaturalist, read 2026-10-25, CC0
- 3D model: Sesuvium portulacastrum (built for Vanagrha) by Vanagrha, own
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