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Your search found 3 taxa in the family Aizoaceae, Carpetweed family, as understood by Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.
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Common Name:
Large Sea-purslane, Shoreline Sea-purslane
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Sesuvium portulacastrum FAMILY: Aizoaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Sesuvium portulacastrum FAMILY: Aizoaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Sesuvium portulacastrum 069-01-001 FAMILY: Aizoaceae
Habitat: Island end flats and sea beaches; less typically inland (LA) in saline marshes or seeps (associated with salt domes)
Uncommon in Coastal Plain of GA & SC, rare in NC
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name:
Small Sea-purslane, Slender Sea-purslane
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Sesuvium maritimum FAMILY: Aizoaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Sesuvium maritimum FAMILY: Aizoaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Sesuvium maritimum 069-01-002 FAMILY: Aizoaceae
Habitat: Island end flats and sea beaches, salt flats; less typically inland (AL, LA) in saline marshes or seeps (associated with salt domes)
Uncommon in Coastal Plain
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name:
Carpetweed, Indian-chickweed, Green Carpetweed
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Mollugo verticillata FAMILY: Molluginaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Mollugo verticillata FAMILY: Molluginaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Mollugo verticillata 069-04-001 FAMILY: Aizoaceae
Habitat: Fields, disturbed areas, drawdown zones on river- and pond-shores
Common
Non-native: tropical America
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