Portulaca oleracea Calflora

Calflora

Taxon Report 6803

Portulaca oleracea L.

Common purslane, Little hogweed, Purslane

2008 Keir Morse

2020 Diane Etchison

2006 Jeff Abbas

2004 James M. Andre

2012 Jean Pawek

Portulaca oleracea, a dicot, is an annual herb that is not native to California.


	Plant Range Observation Search (639 records) Plant Characteristics

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Family:	Portulacaceae
Genus:	Portulaca

Wetlands: Equally likely to occur in wetlands and non wetlands

Habitat: disturbed

Communities: wetland-riparian, weed, characteristic of disturbed places

Name Status:
Accepted by ICPN + PLANTS

Alternate Names:


PLANTS	Portulaca neglecta
PLANTS	Portulaca oleracea ssp. granulatostellulata
PLANTS	Portulaca oleracea ssp. impolita
PLANTS	Portulaca oleracea ssp. nicaraguensis
ICPN + PLANTS	Portulaca oleracea ssp. nitida
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Suggested Citation

Calflora: Information on California plants for education, research and conservation, with data contributed by public and private institutions and individuals, including the Consortium of California Herbaria. [web application]. 2021. Berkeley, California: The Calflora Database [a non-profit organization]. Available: https://www.calflora.org/ (Accessed: 05/16/2021).