Sesuvium portulacastrum

Sesuvium portulacastrum
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Order: Caryophyllales
Family: Aizoaceae
Genus: Sesuvium
Species:
S. portulacastrum
Binomial name
Sesuvium portulacastrum
(L.) L.
Synonyms
Synonymy
  • Portulaca portulacastrum L. 1753
  • Aizoon canariense Andrews 1802 not L. 1753
  • Aizoon montevidense Spreng. ex Rohr
  • Halimus maritima Kuntze
  • Halimus portulacastrum (L.) Kuntze
  • Mollugo maritima Ser.
  • Psammanthe marina Hance
  • Pyxipoma polyandrum Fenzl
  • Sesuvium acutifolium Miq.
  • Sesuvium brevifolium Schumach. & Thonn.
  • Sesuvium edule Wight ex Wall.
  • Sesuvium longifolium Humb. & Bonpl. ex Willd.
  • Sesuvium ortegae Spreng.
  • Sesuvium parviflorum DC.
  • Sesuvium pedunculatum Pers.
  • Sesuvium pentandrum Elliott
  • Sesuvium repens Willd.
  • Sesuvium revolutifolium Ortega
  • Sesuvium revolutum Pers.
  • Sesuvium sessile Pers.
  • Sesuvium sessiliflorum Dombey ex Rohrb.
  • Trianthema americana Gillies ex Arn.
  • Trianthema polyandra Blume

Sesuvium portulacastrum is a sprawling perennial herb in the family Aizoaceae that grows in coastal and mangrove areas throughout much of the world. It grows in sandy clay, coastal limestone and sandstone, tidal flats and salt marshes, throughout much of the world. It is native to Africa, Asia, Australia, Hawai`i, North America and South America, and has naturalised in many places where it is not indigenous.

It is commonly known as shoreline purslane or (ambiguously) "sea purslane," in English, dampalit in Tagalog and 海马齿 hǎimǎchǐ in Chinese.