Halimione pedunculata (L.) Aellen is a plant in the Amaranthaceae family, order Caryophyllales, kingdom Plantae. Not known to be toxic.

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Halimione pedunculata (L.) Aellen

Halimione pedunculata (L.) Aellen

Halimione pedunculata (pedunculate sea-purslane) is an annual seashore herb up to 30 cm tall with characteristic leaves and stipules.

Family
Genus
Halimione
Order
Caryophyllales
Class
Magnoliopsida

About Halimione pedunculata (L.) Aellen

Halimione pedunculata, commonly known as the pedunculate sea-purslane, is an annual plant that grows on salty sandy soil along seashores. It has an erect herbaceous stem that reaches up to 30 cm in height. Its leaves are long and spade-shaped. Its stipules range from triangular to oppositely heart-shaped, lack spines, and are attached to long petioles.

Photo: (c) Bas Kers (NL), some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-SA) · cc-by-nc-sa

Taxonomy

Plantae Tracheophyta Magnoliopsida Caryophyllales Amaranthaceae Halimione

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Sources: GBIF, iNaturalist, Wikipedia, NCBI Taxonomy · Disclaimer

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