Common name
English: Sea Purslane
German: Keilmelde
Portuguese: Gramata-branca
Classification
Kingdom: Plantae (2715)
Phylum: Tracheophyta (2630)
Class: Magnoliopsida (2217)
Order: Caryophyllales (114)
Family: Amaranthaceae (17)(family description)
Genus: Atriplex (2)
Epithet: portulacoides L. (1)
Synonyms: Chenopodium portulacoides (L.) Thunb., Halimione portulacoides (L.) Aellen, Halimus portulacoides (L.) Dumort., Obione portulacoides (L.) Moq.
portulacoides => purslane(Portulaca)-like
Characteristics
Climate: sub-tropical
Habitat: helophytic
Habit: herb, shrub
Flower colour: green, yellow
External links
Check for Atriplex portulacoides at
World Flora Online, GBIF or IPNI- [965] Halimione portulacoides - Plants For A Future
Literature
- [11] Schönfelder, I. and Schönfelder, P. (1999): Die Kosmos-Mittelmeerflora. Franckh-Kosmos, Stuttgart, Germany.