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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Portulaca pilosa   FAMILY Portulacaceae   Go to FSUS key



SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Portulaca pilosa   FAMILY Portulacaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America

Portulaca pilosa

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 070-03-003:

Portulaca pilosa   FAMILY Portulacaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)

Portulaca pilosa

 

COMMON NAME:
Hairy Purslane, Kiss-me-quick, Pink Purslane


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image of Portulaca pilosa, Hairy Purslane, Kiss-me-quick, Pink Purslane

USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913    pnd_popi3_001_lvd

        

image of Portulaca pilosa, Hairy Purslane, Kiss-me-quick, Pink Purslane

Maggie Whitson    bas_p_pilosa1_whitson

August        

Leaves oblanceolate to 3cm x8mm, succulent-textured, w coarse hairs in axils, per Wildflowers of the Sandhills Region (Sorrie, 2011).

 

 

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Portulaca pilosa   FAMILY Portulacaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Portulaca pilosa   FAMILY Portulacaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America
Portulaca pilosa

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 070-03-003:
Portulaca pilosa   FAMILY Portulacaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Portulaca pilosa

 

Find by SCIENTIFIC NAME:

3045

Forb
Annual

Habitat: Disturbed sandy soils, calcareous glades, per Weakley's Flora

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

Common in Coastal Plain, uncommon in Piedmont

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LEAVES:
Simple
Leaves alternate or subopposite, congested & involucre-like at inflorescence
Margins entire

FLOWER:
Spring/Summer/Fall
Maroon
Radially symmetrical
2 sepals
5-7 petals
Ovary half-inferior
Bisexual

Flowers in leaf axils, solitary

FRUIT:
Spring/Summer/Fall
Capsule

 

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