- the
tropics and warm
temperate regions.
Portulacas are also
known as the purslanes.
Common purslane (
Portulaca oleracea) is
widely consumed as an edible...
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Portulaca oleracea (common purslane, also
known as
little hogweed, or pursley) is a
succulent plant in the
family Portulacaceae. The
plant may
reach 40...
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Portulaca grandiflora is a
succulent flowering plant in the
purslane family Portulacaceae,
native to
southern Brazil, Argentina, and
Uruguay and often...
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Portulaca umbraticola, also
known as the
wingpod purslane, is an
annual or short-lived
perennial succulent in the
genus of
flowering plants Portulaca...
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Portulaca amilis,
known as
Paraguayan purslane, is a
species of
Portulaca native to
South America. It was
introduced to the
southeastern United States...
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Portulaca pilosa is a
species of
flowering succulent plant in the
purslane family, Portulacaceae, that is
native to the Americas. Its
common names include...
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Portulaca molokiniensis,
known also as 'ihi, is a
succulent plant endemic to Hawaii. This
plant is
federally listed as an
endangered species. It has small...
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Portulaca monanthoides is a
species of
flowering plant in the
family Portulacaceae. It is a
succulent subshrub endemic to
western Socotra island in Yemen...
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Portulaca kuriensis is a
species of
flowering plant in the
purslane family, Portulacaceae, that is
endemic to Yemen. Its
natural habitats are subtropical...
- baby's-breath. The
species was
described in 1760
under the
basionym of
Portulaca paniculata by
Nicolaus Joseph von
Jacquin (1727–1817), then recombined...
