Family | AIZOACEAE |
Genus species | Sesuvium edmonstonei Hook.f. |
Bibliography | Trans. Linn. Soc. London 20: 221 (1847) |
Native Range | Galápagos |
Primary Biome | Seasonally Dry Tropical |
Habitat | sands |
Altitude | 0-10m |
Description | stems procumbent, ramose. densely minutely squamose, leaves opposite, sessile, sessile, 1-3cm, to base tapered, obtuse, flowers solitary, axillary, leaflets of perianth ovate, 4-5m |
Size | 3-10cm |
Color | white |
Bloom | spring, early summer |
Ca | |
Type | subshrub |
Cultivation | sunny site with a poor, sandy soil alpine house, sandy soil, sun |
Propagation | seed in spring cuttings in late summer |
Synonyms | Halimus edmonstonei (Hook.f.) Kuntze Sesuvium eastwoodianum J.T.Howell |
Territory | 8 Southern America 83 Western South America (GAL Galápagos) |