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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Portulaca oleracea   FAMILY Portulacaceae   Go to FSUS key



INCLUDED WITHIN PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Portulaca oleracea   FAMILY Portulacaceae

INCLUDED WITHIN Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)

Portulaca oleracea

INCLUDED WITHIN Flora of North America

Portulaca oleracea

INCLUDED WITHIN VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 070-03-005:

Portulaca oleracea   FAMILY Portulacaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)

Portulaca oleracea

 

COMMON NAME:
Common Purslane, Garden Purslane, Pussley, Pursley


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image of Portulaca oleracea, Common Purslane, Garden Purslane, Pussley, Pursley

USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913    pnd_pool_001_lvd

        

image of Portulaca oleracea, Common Purslane, Garden Purslane, Pussley, Pursley

USDA / Selected Weeds of the US. 1970    swus_page_153

        

image of Portulaca oleracea, Common Purslane, Garden Purslane, Pussley, Pursley

JK Marlow    jkm140625_310

June    Greenville County    SC

Swamp Rabbit Trail

image of Portulaca oleracea, Common Purslane, Garden Purslane, Pussley, Pursley

Terry Holdsclaw    tdh_p_oleracea_3254

September    Iredell County    NC

Flowers bright yellow, 1/4-3/8" wide, mostly solitary in a rosette of leaves, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998).

image of Portulaca oleracea, Common Purslane, Garden Purslane, Pussley, Pursley

Terry Holdsclaw    tdh_p_oleracea_3255

September    Iredell County    NC

A prostrate, branching succulent w reddish stems which blooms briefly in AM, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998).

image of Portulaca oleracea, Common Purslane, Garden Purslane, Pussley, Pursley

Terry Holdsclaw    tdh_portulaca_oleracea_1

September    Catawba County    NC

Thick, flat obovate leaves about 1" long, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998).

 

 

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Portulaca oleracea   FAMILY Portulacaceae

INCLUDED WITHIN PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Portulaca oleracea   FAMILY Portulacaceae

INCLUDED WITHIN Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Portulaca oleracea

INCLUDED WITHIN Flora of North America
Portulaca oleracea

INCLUDED WITHIN VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 070-03-005:
Portulaca oleracea   FAMILY Portulacaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Portulaca oleracea

 

Find by SCIENTIFIC NAME:

3109

Forb
Annual

Habitat: Gardens, disturbed areas, cracks in sidewalks; partly native in our area (different genotypes, sometimes treated as varieties, subspecies, or species, appear to have different areas of origin but are now widely distributed by introduction), per Weakley's Flora

Partly native and partly introduced

Common

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LEAVES:
Simple
Leaves alternate or subopposite, congested & involucre-like at inflorescence
Margins entire

FLOWER:
Spring/Summer/Fall
Yellow
Radially symmetrical
2 sepals
5-7 petals
Ovary half-inferior
Bisexual

FRUIT:
Spring/Summer/Fall
Capsule

 

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