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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Portulaca smallii
FAMILY
Portulacaceae
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Read more about Small's Portulaca at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Portulaca smallii
FAMILY
Portulacaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Portulaca smallii
SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America
Portulaca smallii
SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 070-03-002:
Portulaca smallii FAMILY Portulacaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Portulaca smallii
COMMON NAME:
Small's Portulaca, Small's Purslane
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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Portulaca smallii
FAMILY
Portulacaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Portulaca smallii
FAMILY
Portulacaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Portulaca smallii
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America
Portulaca smallii
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 070-03-002:
Portulaca smallii
FAMILY
Portulacaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Portulaca smallii
3439
Forb
Annual
Habitat: In thin soils on granitic and diabase flatrocks, sometimes locally spreading to adjacent fields, mowed areas, or other disturbed areas, per Weakley's Flora
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Rare
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LEAVES:
Simple
Leaves alternate or subopposite, congested & involucre-like at inflorescence
Margins entire
FLOWER:
Summer/Fall
Pink
Radially symmetrical
2 sepals
5-7 petals
Ovary half-inferior
Bisexual
FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Capsule
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- Guide to the Wildflowers of SC, 2nd ed. (McMillan, Porcher, Rayner, & White; 2022) p307
- Wildflowers of the Eastern United States (Duncan & Duncan, 1999) p008
- Field Guide to the Wildflowers of Georgia (Chafin, 2016) p297
- Wildflowers & Plant Communities of the Southern Appalachian Mountains and Piedmont (Spira, 2011) p430
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