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Welcome to Genus Portulaca!

Portulaca - Liber Deserti

Your current chain: State of matter Life > Kingdom Plantae > Phylum Tracheophyta > Subphylum Angiospermae > Class Magnoliopsida > Order Caryophyllales > Family Portulacaceae > Genus Portulaca

(From Wikipedia) Portulaca, the purslanes, is the sole genus in the family Portulacaceae.

FACT: A number of purslanes are considered useless or invasive weeds, but a few species are used as vegetables and/or garden decoration!

Currently discovered: 2/115 Species

Species

  1. Portulaca pilosa - Shaggy Purslane
  2. Portulaca oleracea - Common Purslane