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Plants of the Fraser Coast Region

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Sesuvium portulacastrum     (L.) L.

This native groundcover is commonly known as sea purslane.

Sesuvium portulacastrum is described as a "dicot" in the Aizoaceae family.

In the Queensland Nature Conservation Act it is classified as Least Concern. Under the Federal Environment Protection Biodiversity Conservation Act it is not classified.

 Regarded as a wetland species in Queensland WetlandInfo.

It has been recorded in the Wide Bay district in the Queensland Herbarium Census and is listed as occurring in the Fraser Coast region in Queensland Herbarium Wildlife Online.

Reported at 14 Fraser Coast localities: Beelbi Creek, Burrum Heads, Dundowran Beach, Eli Waters, Great Sandy Strait, K'gari, Pialba, Point Vernon, Poona, River Heads, Tinnanbar, Toogoom, Tuan, Urangan.


Fraser Coast distribution based on unverified field reports.


             AVH

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