Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Caryophyllales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Portulaca oleracea
FAMILY
Portulacaceae
Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Check out EDDMapS.org to see where this has been reported.
Read more about Common Purslane at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Portulaca oleracea
FAMILY
Portulacaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 070-03-005:
Portulaca oleracea
FAMILY
Portulacaceae
COMMON NAME:
Common Purslane, Garden Purslane, Pussley
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_pool_001_lvd
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JK Marlow jkm140625_310
June Greenville County SC
Swamp Rabbit Trail
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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.
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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.
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Terry Holdsclaw tdh_portulaca_oleracea_1
September Catawba County NC
Thick, flat obovate leaves about 1" long, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains.
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) 070-03-005:
Portulaca oleracea
FAMILY
Portulacaceae
3109
Forb
Annual
Non-native: Asia (apparently)
Documented growing wild in GA NC SC
Common
Look for it in gardens, disturbed areas, cracks in sidewalks, per Weakley's Flora
Click here to see a more detailed map from University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Herbarium,
or click here to see a map from SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
LEAVES:
Simple
Leaves alternate or subopposite, congested & involucre-like at inflorescence
Margins entire
FLOWER:
Spring/Summer/Fall
Yellow
Bisexual
Radially symmetrical
2 sepals
5-7 petals
Ovary half-inferior
FRUIT:
Spring/Summer/Fall
Capsule
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- Wildflowers of the Atlantic Southeast p246
- Wildflowers of the Carolina Lowcountry p208
- Wildflowers of the Eastern United States p008
- Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains p036