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| Kingdom | Plantae | 
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| Sub Kingdom | Trecheobionta (vascular plant) | |
| Superdivision | Spermatophyta (seed plant) | |
| Division | Magnoliophyta (flowering plant) | |
| Class | Magnoliopsida (dicotyledon) | |
| Order | Caryophyllidae | |
| Family | Chenopodiaceae | |
| Genus | Halimione | |
| Species | portulacoides | |
| Classification | (L.) Aellen | |
| Common name | sea purslane |
| Geographic Range | circumboreal. |
| Physical Characteristics | perennial frutescent plant. Stem is ligneous, prostrate, it roots at the nodes. Opposite leaves, from 3 to 6 centimeters long and 1 centimeter wide, succulent, white-silvery, linear-lanceolate or lanceolate. The little flowers are sessile and gathered in panicles, sometimes mixed with leaves. It flowers from June to July. |
| Notes | it has hairs to eliminate excess of salts stored in the leaves. The piling up of dead hairs and salt on the leaves surface increases the reflection of solar radiation, reducing the received heat and limiting evaporation. |
| Habitat | its 'a typical halophile plant that is situated on salt soils of the littorals. The extended submersion can restrain the growing of the plant. |
| Sources | |
| References | Y.Waysel, Biology of Halophytes, Academic
Press Inc., 1972 Flora e vegetazione delle barene - di N. Anoè, D. Calzavara, L. Salviato - Società Veneziana di Scienze Naturali P. Adam, Saltmarsh ecology, Cambridge University Press, 1990 |
| Web References | http://www.istitutoveneto.it/venezia/documenti/altri_elaborati/libro_vegetazione.pdf |
| Source of the photo | Istituto Veneto di Scienze, Lettere ed Arti |
Halimione
portulacoides
