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Sesuvium portulacastrum (Sea Purslane)

Sea purslane is a ground cover plant, best grown on full sun and sandy soil. It takes very well heat and drought. 

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  • Horticulture Management
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  • Pronunciation: sess-SOO-vee-um por-too-luh-KASS-strum

  • Plant type: Groundcover

  • Origin: Africa, Asia, Australia

  • Heat Zones: 8 to 16

    Hardiness Zones: 9 to 13

  • Uses: Mass Planting, Medicinal, Ground cover

  • Size/Shape

    Growth Rate: Fast

    Tree Shape: Spreading

    Height at Maturity: Less than 0.5 m

    Spread at Maturity: Less than 50 cm

    Time to Ultimate Height: 5 to 10 Years

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  • By David Eickhoff from Pearl City, Hawaii, USA (Sesuvium portulacastrum Uploaded by Tim1357) [CC BY 2.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0)], via Wikimedia Commons
  • Forest & Kim Starr [CC BY 3.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0)], via Wikimedia Commons
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  • Foliage

    Leaf Arrangement : Opposite

    Leaf Venation: Nearly Invisible

    Leaf Persistance: Evergreen

    Leaf Type: Simple

    Leaf Blade: Less than 5

    Leaf Shape: Linear

    Leaf Margins: Entire

    Leaf Texture: Fleshy/Juicy

    Leaf Scent: No Fragance

    Color(growing season): Green

    Color(changing season): Green

  • Flower

    Flower Showiness: Yes

    Flower Size Range: 1.5 - 3

    Flower Sexuality: Monoecious (Bisexual)

    Flower Scent: No Fragance

    Flower Color: Purple, Pink

    Seasons: Year Round

  • Trunk

  • Fruit

    Fruit Type: Capsule

    Fruit Showiness: No

    Fruit Size Range: 0 - 1.5

    Fruit Color: Brown

    Seasons: Fall

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  • Forest & Kim Starr [CC BY 3.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0)], via Wikimedia Commons
  • By David Eickhoff from Pearl City, Hawaii, USA (Sesuvium portulacastrum Uploaded by Tim1357) [CC BY 2.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0)], via Wikimedia Commons
  • Forest & Kim Starr [CC BY 3.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0)], via Wikimedia Commons
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  • Tolerance

    Frost Tolerant: Yes

    Heat Tolerance: Yes

    Drought Tolerance: Yes

    Salt Tolerance: Good

  • Requirements

    Soil Requirements: Clay, Sand

    Soil Ph Requirements: Alkaline

    Water Requirements: Low

    Light Requirements: Full

  • Management

    Toxicity: No

    Invasive Potential: Yes

    Susceptibility to Pests and Diseases: No

    Pruning Requirements: No pruning at all

    Life Span: Less than 25

    Edible Parts: None

    Plant Propagation: Seed

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