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Sesuvium portulacastrum in life — In life — sea purslane, photographed by an iNaturalist observer, not this specimen. (c) Nick Block, some rights reserved (CC BY), uploaded by Nick Block

BISH 488457Botany

Sesuvium portulacastrum

sea purslane

As recorded: Sesuvium portulacastrum (L.) L.

Plantae › Tracheophyta › Magnoliopsida › Caryophyllales › Aizoaceae

Collected by: St.John, H.; Hudson, C.F.; Maysilles, J.H.; Wilcox, B.Cottam Hudson →J.H. Maysilles →Harold St.John →B. Wilcox →
Collector number: 23499
Date: December 25, 1948
Locality: Pukoo
Island: Molokaʻi
Region: Hawaii, United States
Coordinates: 21.0730, -156.7933 ± 1,991 m
Elevation: 2 m
Identified by: Herbst, D.R.; Sohmer, S.H.; Wagner, W.L.Derral R. Herbst →Seymour H. Sohmer →Warren L. Wagner Jr. →
Record type: Preserved specimen

296 Bishop specimens of Sesuvium portulacastrum · collected 1864–2025Species page ›

Where it was collected

Cite this specimen

Sesuvium portulacastrum. BISH 488457. Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum, Honolulu. GBIF occurrence 5956326615. Accessed via explore.bishopmuseum.org/specimens/bish/488457.

Record sources

GBIF occurrence 5956326615 ↗
Data license: CC_BY_NC_4_0
Last harvested October 26, 2026