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Your search found 10 taxa in the family Portulacaceae, Purslane family, as understood by Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.
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Common Name:
Spring-beauty
Weakley's Flora: (11/30/12) Claytonia virginica + FAMILY: Montiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Claytonia virginica + FAMILY: Portulacaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Claytonia virginica 070-01-001 FAMILY: Portulacaceae
Look for it in moist forests
Common
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name:
Carolina Spring-beauty
Weakley's Flora: (11/30/12) Claytonia caroliniana FAMILY: Montiaceae
INCLUDING PLANTS National Database: Claytonia caroliniana + FAMILY: Portulacaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Claytonia caroliniana 070-01-002 FAMILY: Portulacaceae
Look for it in moist forests, esp northern hardwood forests & cove forests at moderate to high elevations
Common in NC, rare in GA
Native to North Carolina & Georgia
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Common Name:
Appalachian Fameflower, Appalachian Rock-pink, Rock Portulaca, Quill Fameflower
Weakley's Flora: (11/30/12) Phemeranthus teretifolius FAMILY: Montiaceae
(?) SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Phemeranthus teretifolius FAMILY: Portulacaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Talinum teretifolium 070-02-001 FAMILY: Portulacaceae
Look for it in shallow soil over felsic or mafic rocks (granite, gneiss, schist, diabase, greenstone, metabasalt, sandstone, Altamaha grit), esp where periodically wet by seepage (often in mats of the moss Grimmia)
Common (rare in GA Coastal Plain & GA Mountains)
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name:
Panicled Fameflower, Jewels-of-Opar
Weakley's Flora: (11/30/12) Talinum paniculatum FAMILY: Talinaceae
(?) PLANTS National Database: Talinum paniculatum FAMILY: Portulacaceae
(?) Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Talinum paniculatum 070-02-002 FAMILY: Portulacaceae
Look for it - it's fairly commonly cultivated, locally escaped to disturbed areas & garden edges
Rare
Non-native: West Indies
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Common Name:
Menges' Fameflower, Large-flowered Fameflower, Menges' Rock-pink, Large-flowered Rock-pink
Weakley's Flora: (11/30/12) Phemeranthus mengesii FAMILY: Montiaceae
(?) INCLUDED WITHIN PLANTS National Database: Phemeranthus mengesii FAMILY: Portulacaceae
Look for it in shallow soil over felsic rocks (granite) or sandstone (in GA), or Altamaha Grit (GA), where periodically wet by seepage
Uncommon in Piedmont, rare in Coastal Plain (rare in SC)
Native to South Carolina & Georgia
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Common Name:
Piedmont Rock-pink, Piedmont Fameflower
Weakley's Flora: (11/30/12) Phemeranthus piedmontanus FAMILY: Montiaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN PLANTS National Database: Phemeranthus mengesii FAMILY: Portulacaceae
Look for it in periodic seepage on mafic or ultramafic rocks
Rare
Native to North Carolina
Common Name: Small's Portulaca, Small's Purslane
Weakley's Flora: (11/30/12) Portulaca smallii FAMILY: Portulacaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Portulaca smallii FAMILY: Portulacaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Portulaca smallii 070-03-002 FAMILY: Portulacaceae
Look for it in thin soils on granitic and diabase flatrocks, sometimes locally spreading to adjacent fields, mowed areas, or other disturbed aeas
Rare
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name:
Hairy Purslane, Kiss-me-quick, Pink Purslane
Weakley's Flora: (11/30/12) Portulaca pilosa FAMILY: Portulacaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Portulaca pilosa FAMILY: Portulacaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Portulaca pilosa 070-03-003 FAMILY: Portulacaceae
Look for it in disturbed sandy soils
Uncommon
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name:
Common Purslane, Garden Purslane, Pussley
Weakley's Flora: (11/30/12) Portulaca oleracea FAMILY: Portulacaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Portulaca oleracea FAMILY: Portulacaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Portulaca oleracea 070-03-005 FAMILY: Portulacaceae
Look for it in gardens, disturbed areas, cracks in sidewalks
Common
Non-native: Asia (apparently)
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Common Name:
Broadleaf Pink Purslane, Paraguayan Purslane
Weakley's Flora: (11/30/12) Portulaca amilis FAMILY: Portulacaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Portulaca amilis FAMILY: Portulacaceae
Look for it in sandy fields and other dry, sandy, disturbed habitats
Rare
Non-native: South America
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