indigenousAizoaceae
Sesuvium portulacastrum
sea purslane
Indigenous (native)native
Native to Hawaiʻi and arrived without human help.
Sesuvium portulacastrum is a sprawling perennial herb that grows in coastal areas throughout much of the world. It is commonly known as shoreline purslane or (ambiguously) "sea purslane," in English, and dampalit in Tagalog.
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Seasonality
68 flowering · 1 fruiting annotations · iNaturalist · fetched Jul 2026
■ flowering (peak June)■ fruiting (peak August)
This is an inference, not a schedule. The curve reflects when observers annotated flowering and fruiting — which tracks observer effort as well as plant behavior, and pools all elevations and islands into one signal. Hawaiʻi’s microclimates vary enormously; a species may fruit in January at sea level and June at elevation. Use this to know when to look, then look.
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Where documented · 94 ahupuaʻa
documented occurrences · iNaturalist + GBIF · iNaturalist 181 · GBIF 269 records
Hōnaunau · HawaiʻiiNat 20 · GBIF 34 ✓
Honokahua · MauiiNat 14 · GBIF 16 ✓
Waimea · KauaʻiiNat 11 · GBIF 15 ✓
Waikapū · MauiiNat 6 · GBIF 14 ✓
Maunalua · OʻahuiNat 4 · GBIF 11 ✓
Pāʻā · KauaʻiiNat 6 · GBIF 8 ✓
Honouliuli · OʻahuiNat 4 · GBIF 10 ✓
Honokōhau 1-3 · HawaiʻiiNat 5 · GBIF 8 ✓
Kamāʻoa, Puʻuʻeo, Ke · HawaiʻiiNat 7 · GBIF 6 ✓
Wailuku · MauiiNat 2 · GBIF 10 ✓
Kohanaiki · HawaiʻiiNat 4 · GBIF 7 ✓
Māhāʻulepū · KauaʻiiNat 5 · GBIF 5 ✓
Lāʻiewai · OʻahuiNat 1 · GBIF 9 ✓
Kaloko · HawaiʻiiNat 5 · GBIF 5 ✓
Hanakaʻoe · OʻahuiNat 5 · GBIF 4 ✓
Kealakehe · HawaiʻiiNat 5 · GBIF 3 ✓
Honuʻapo · HawaiʻiiNat 4 · GBIF 3 ✓
Kaʻena · OʻahuiNat 1 · GBIF 5 ✓
ʻŌiʻo 2 · OʻahuiNat 3 · GBIF 3 ✓
ʻAnaehoʻomalu · HawaiʻiiNat 2 · GBIF 4 ✓
Kawaihae 2 · HawaiʻiiNat 2 · GBIF 3 ✓
Hanapēpē · KauaʻiiNat 3 · GBIF 2 ✓
Kalapakī · KauaʻiiNat 2 · GBIF 3 ✓
Honokōhau · MauiiNat 2 · GBIF 3 ✓
ʻOʻoma 1 · HawaiʻiiNat 2 · GBIF 2 ✓
Makaweli · KauaʻiiNat 2 · GBIF 2 ✓
Weliweli · KauaʻiiNat 3 · GBIF 1 ✓
Kahakuloa · MauiiNat 2 · GBIF 2 ✓
Keawaʻula · OʻahuiNat 1 · GBIF 3 ✓
Honokōwai · MauiiNat 2 · GBIF 2 ✓
Maunalei · LānaʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 2 ✓
Makalawena · HawaiʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 2 ✓
Kāhili · KauaʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 2 ✓
Kahuku · OʻahuiNat 1 · GBIF 2 ✓
Kamaʻole · MauiiNat 1 · GBIF 2 ✓
Lālāmilo, Keanuʻiʻomanō · HawaiʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 2 ✓
Hālawa · OʻahuiNat 1 · GBIF 2 ✓
Ulupehupehu · OʻahuiNat 2 · GBIF 1 ✓
Waimea, Waikoloa · HawaiʻiiNat 2 · GBIF 1 ✓
Paeahu · MauiiNat 2 · GBIF 1 ✓
Kawela · OʻahuiNat 3
Puʻuanahulu · HawaiʻiiNat 2 · GBIF 1 ✓
Pūlehunui · MauiiNat 2 · GBIF 1 ✓
Kāneʻohe · OʻahuiNat 1 · GBIF 2 ✓
Pūpūkea · OʻahuiNat 1 · GBIF 2 ✓
Wailau, Nīnole, Kaʻa · HawaiʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Hanamāʻulu · KauaʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Punaluʻu · HawaiʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Honolua · MauiiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Honolulu · OʻahuiNat 2
Kualoa 1 · OʻahuiNat 2
Heʻeia · OʻahuiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Kalauao · OʻahuiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Kapaʻa · KauaʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Hōʻaeʻae · OʻahuiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Keʻei 2 · HawaiʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Waikīkī · OʻahuGBIF 2
Kalaoa 1-5 · HawaiʻiGBIF 2
Punalau · OʻahuGBIF 2
Nānākuli · OʻahuGBIF 2
Paʻalaʻa · OʻahuGBIF 2
ʻOʻoma 2 · HawaiʻiiNat 1
Hīleanui · HawaiʻiiNat 1
Hāmākuapoko · MauiiNat 1
Ukumehame · MauiiNat 1
Kauleolī 1-2 · HawaiʻiiNat 1
Papaka Kai · MauiiNat 1
Makaʻehu · MauiiNat 1
Keālia · KauaʻiiNat 1
Kawailoa · OʻahuiNat 1
Kamananui · OʻahuiNat 1
Malama 1 · HawaiʻiGBIF 1
Waiawa · OʻahuGBIF 1
Waiheʻe · MauiGBIF 1
Kīʻao · HawaiʻiGBIF 1
Waikahekahe · HawaiʻiGBIF 1
Waimānalo · OʻahuGBIF 1
Kēōkea · MauiGBIF 1
Keʻanae · MauiGBIF 1
Kōloa · KauaʻiGBIF 1
ʻAlaeiki · MauiGBIF 1
Waiohuli · MauiGBIF 1
Malaekahana · OʻahuGBIF 1
Ohanaula · HawaiʻiGBIF 1
Kahauiki · OʻahuGBIF 1
Waimano · OʻahuGBIF 1
Waiheʻe · OʻahuGBIF 1
Hālawa · MolokaʻiGBIF 1
Waipiʻo · OʻahuGBIF 1
Kalāheo · KauaʻiGBIF 1
Keahuolū · HawaiʻiGBIF 1