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|accepted_name=Sesuvium verrucosum
|accepted_authority=Rafinesque
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=New Fl.
|place=4: 16. 1838
|year=1838
}}
|common_names=Western-purslane
|basionyms=
|synonyms={{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Sesuvium erectum
|authority=Correll
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|hierarchy=Aizoaceae;Sesuvium;Sesuvium verrucosum
|hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Aizoaceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Sesuvium]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>species</small>[[Sesuvium verrucosum]]</div></div>
|volume=Volume 4
|mention_page=page 80
|treatment_page=page 81
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--><span class="statement" id="st-d0_s0" data-properties="plant duration;plant relief;plant pubescence;globule coloration or reflectance;globule count"><b>Plants </b>perennial, papillate with crystalline globules abundant, glabrous.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s1" data-properties=""><b>Stems </b>prostrate, to 1 m, forming mats to 2 m diam., branched from base, finely verrucose;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s2" data-properties="stem growth form or orientation;stem some measurement;stem diameter;stem architecture;stem relief;stem architecture">not rooting at nodes.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s3" data-properties="blade shape;blade shape;blade shape;blade some measurement;base shape;base shape;base architecture or fixation"><b>Leaves:</b> blade linear to widely spatulate, to 4 cm, base tapered or flared and clasping.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s4" data-properties="flower architecture or arrangement or growth form"><b>Inflorescences:</b> flowers solitary;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s5" data-properties="pedicel count;pedicel count">pedicel absent or to 2 mm.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s6" data-properties="calyx lobe coloration;calyx lobe coloration;calyx lobe shape;calyx lobe some measurement;margin texture;apex architecture;apex architecture;apex relief"><b>Flowers:</b> calyx lobes rose or orange adaxially, ovatelanceolate, 2–10 mm, margins scarious, apex hooded or beaked, papillate abaxially;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s7" data-properties="stamen count">stamens 30;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s8" data-properties="filament fusion;filament coloration">filaments connate in proximal 1/2, reddish;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s9" data-properties="pistil architecture">pistil 5-carpellate;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s10" data-properties="ovary architecture">ovary 5-loculed;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s11" data-properties="style count">styles 5.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s12" data-properties="capsule shape;capsule some measurement"><b>Capsules </b>ovoid-globose, 4–5 mm.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s13" data-properties="seed count;seed coloration;seed coloration;seed coloration;seed some measurement;seed reflectance;seed architecture or pubescence or relief"><b>Seeds </b>20–40, dark-brown to black, 0.8–1 mm, shiny, smooth.</span><!--

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|habitat=Moist or seasonally dry flats, margins of usually saline or alkaline habitats, including coastal wetlands and desert playa lakes
|elevation=0-1000 m
|distribution=Ariz.;Ark.;Calif.;Colo.;Kans.;La.;Nev.;N.Mex.;Okla.;Oreg.;Tex.;Utah;Mexico;South America.
|discussion=<p>Sesuvium verrucosum is widespread and variable, with habitat preferences extending from coastal, saline wetlands to reservoir margins and desert alkali playas in North America and South America. Several names, including S. sessile Persoon, have been applied or misapplied to this species, which can resemble S. portulacastrum. It differs from S. portulacastrum in having sessile or occasionally pedicellate flowers and in lacking roots at stem nodes. Plants from coastal environments such as margins of estuaries are usually smaller in stature, with smaller morphological features than interior desert plants; plants at some coastal sites may function as annuals. Further investigation of this variation could provide useful insight into the relationships of different populations now assigned to S. verrucosum.</p>
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name=Sesuvium verrucosum
|author=
|authority=Rafinesque
|rank=species
|parent rank=genus
|synonyms=Sesuvium erectum
|basionyms=
|family=Aizoaceae
|habitat=Moist or seasonally dry flats, margins of usually saline or alkaline habitats, including coastal wetlands and desert playa lakes
|elevation=0-1000 m
|distribution=Ariz.;Ark.;Calif.;Colo.;Kans.;La.;Nev.;N.Mex.;Okla.;Oreg.;Tex.;Utah;Mexico;South America.
|reference=None
|publication title=New Fl.
|publication year=1838
|special status=
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|genus=Sesuvium
|species=Sesuvium verrucosum
|apex architecture=beaked;hooded
|apex relief=papillate
|base architecture or fixation=clasping
|base shape=flared;tapered
|blade shape=linear;widely spatulate
|blade some measurement=0cm;4cm
|calyx lobe coloration=orange;rose
|calyx lobe shape=ovatelanceolate
|calyx lobe some measurement=2mm;10mm
|capsule shape=ovoid-globose
|capsule some measurement=4mm;5mm
|filament coloration=reddish
|filament fusion=connate
|flower architecture or arrangement or growth form=solitary
|globule coloration or reflectance=crystalline
|globule count=abundant
|margin texture=scarious
|ovary architecture=5-loculed
|pedicel count=0-2 mm;absent
|pistil architecture=5-carpellate
|plant duration=perennial
|plant pubescence=glabrous
|plant relief=papillate
|seed architecture or pubescence or relief=smooth
|seed coloration=dark-brown;black
|seed count=20;40
|seed reflectance=shiny
|seed some measurement=0.8mm;1mm
|stamen count=30
|stem architecture=not rooting;branched
|stem diameter=0m;2m
|stem growth form or orientation=prostrate
|stem relief=verrucose
|stem some measurement=0m;1m
|style count=5
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