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2015 Plants of the Month

November 2015 Plant of the Month

Photo by Vernon Smith

Marin’s Native Aizoaceae, Western Sea-purslane (Sesuvium verrucosum)

Marin’s Native Aizoaceae, Western Sea-purslane (Sesuvium verrucosum)

by Doreen Smith

This mainly Central Valley native is unusual in Marin. It has colonized the drying sub-saline shores of the westernmost Las Gallinas Sanitary District Water Reclamation Pond. Here it is a late-summer-flowering species.

Photos by Vernon and Doreen Smith.

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