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Halimione portulacoides (Sea Purslane) |
Halimione portulacoides (AMARANTHACEAE.)
Images for this profile are taken from the Maltese Islands at or after year 2000. |
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| Nomenclature and Basic Information |
Species name : |
Halimione portulacoides(L.) Aellen
Published in Verh. Naturf. Ges. Basel 49: 126 (1938) | Synonyms :
(basionym or principal syn.) |
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Plant Family : | Amaranthaceae
Juss. (The Amaranth Family)
42 species from the Amaranthaceae family are recorded from the Maltese Islands. | English name(s) : | Sea Purslane | Maltese name(s) : | Maltese name not known | Status for Malta : | Indigenous. Present on the Maltese islands before man | Frequency : | Very Common Common Frequent
Scarce Rare Very rare Extinct
| Growth form : |
Raunkiaer lifeform [info]: CHAMEOPHYTE (dwarf or small shrubs)
Germination [info]: Dicotyledon | Legal Protection [link]: | Not Protected by Law (LN200/2011 or LN311/2006) | Red List (1989) : | This species has a threatened status and is listed in the Red Data Book of the Maltese Islands | Flowering Time : | Jul-Dec | Colour of Flowers: | Inconspicuous |
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| Species Description and Distribution |
Habitat in Europe: |
Salt-marshes, particularly at the edges of channels and pools; occasionally on rocks and cliffs |
Preferred habitat in Malta: |
Exposed rock close to the sea and salt marshes |
Botanical Description: |
Decumbent small shrub 20-80(-150) cm, silvery-farinose; stems often rooting. Lower leaves opposite, oblong, elliptical or obovate, entire, thick and fleshy. Fruit sessile. Bracteoles 2.5-5 mm, obdeltate, usually 3-lobed at the apex. |
Chromosome number: |
2n=36 |
Distributional range: |
Coasts of S. & W. Europe, from Bulgaria to Denmark |
Distributional map in Europe
and the Mediterranean region (2018):
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Occurrences in Europe.
(from Flora Europaea pre year 1993): |
Albania, Belgium, the Balaeric Islands, Britain (excl. Northern Ireland and Channel islands), Bulgaria, Corse, Crete, Denmark, France (incl. Monaco and Channel Islands but excluding Corse), Germany, Greece, Ireland, the Netherlands, Spain (incl. Andorra but excl. the Balaerics), Italy (excl. Sicily and Sardignia), ex-Jugoslavia, Portugal, Sardinia, Sicily and/or Malta, †Su Turkey (European part) |
Occurrences in Europe and the Mediterranean region.
(Euro+Med Checklist, 2017) -
Country codes |
? AE(G T) Ag Al Be(B) Bl(I M N) Br Bu Co Cr Ct Cy Eg Ga(C F) Ge Gr Hb(E N) Ho Hs(S) Ir It Jo Le Li Lu Ma Rm Sa Si(M S) Sl Sn Sy Tn Tu(A E) Uk(K) [Ca(C L) nDa aSu] |
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