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Sesuvium verrucosum
Raf.
Family:
Aizoaceae
Verrucose Sea-Purslane,
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verrucose seapurslane, sea purslane, western seapurslane (es: verdolaga de playa)
[
Sesuvium erectum
Correll]
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Plant
: Perennial, branched from base, minutely papillate, glabrous, generally papillate; stems many, < 9 dm; nodes not rooting
Leaves
: 0.5-4 cm, simple, opposite, linear to widely spoon-shaped, entire; base clasping stem
INFLORESCENCE
: flower solitary, axillary, sessile or peduncle short
Flowers
: hypanthium obconic; calyx lobes 4-10 mm, margins scarious, hooded or beaked, outer surface papillate; stamens many, filaments fused to midlength, reddish; ovary half-superior, chambers 2-5, placentas axile, styles 2-5, papillate
Fruit
: capsule, circumscissile, ovoid to conic, thin-walled, 4-5 mm; Seed 0.8-1 mm, smooth, many, ± reniform, generally smooth, shiny, black or brown; aril present
Misc
: Moist or seasonally dry flats, margins of generally saline wetlands; < 1400 m.; Apr-Nov
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