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Paraguayan purslane

Portulaca amilis

Paraguayan purslane
Photo: Hans Hillewaert, CC BY-SA 3.0
Family
Portulacaceae (Purslane family)
Grows as
Annual
Native range
Peru to Brazil and N. Argentina
Climate
seasonally dry tropical

About

Portulaca amilis, known as Paraguayan purslane, is a species of Portulaca native to South America. It was introduced to the southeastern United States and other countries around the world and can be found in sandy soil in disturbed areas, roadsides, fields, lawns and gardens.

Other Portulaca plants

Heart Plant · Pink Rock Wort · Rose moss · Silkcotton purslane · Portulaca intraterranea · Portulaca kuriensis · Native yellow purslane · Tiny purslane · 'ihi · Portulaca monanthoides · Neotropical Purslane · Portulaca oleracea subsp. sativa

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Portulaca amilis by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts are shared under the same licence.

Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.

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