purslanes
Portulaca
Portulaca (/ˌpɔːrtjuːˈleɪkə/, purslane) is the type genus of the flowering plant family Portulacaceae, comprising about 40-100 species found in the tropics and warm temperate regions. They are also known as moss roses.
60 branches of this genus, most-observed first
Portulaca oleracea
complexPortulaca oleracea
shaggy portulaca
speciesPortulaca pilosa
moss rose
speciesPortulaca grandiflora
wingpod purslane
speciesPortulaca umbraticola
Paraguayan Purslane
speciesPortulaca amilis
Desert Portulaca
speciesPortulaca halimoides
shrubby purslane
speciesPortulaca suffrutescens
Chickenweed Purslane
speciesPortulaca quadrifida
Portulaca cryptopetala
speciesPortulaca cryptopetala
Argentinian Purslane
speciesPortulaca obtusa
Portulaca kermesina
speciesPortulaca kermesina
Redstem Purslane
speciesPortulaca rubricaulis
Portulaca psammotropha
speciesPortulaca psammotropha
Baja California Purslane
speciesPortulaca californica
Small's Purslane
speciesPortulaca smallii
Heart-plant
speciesPortulaca bicolor
Portulaca mucronata
speciesPortulaca mucronata
Portulaca hereroensis
speciesPortulaca hereroensis
Portulaca gilliesii
speciesPortulaca gilliesii
Portulaca elatior
speciesPortulaca elatior
Slender Pigweed
speciesPortulaca filifolia
Portulaca hirsutissima
speciesPortulaca hirsutissima
Portulaca sedifolia
speciesPortulaca sedifolia
Portulaca mexicana
speciesPortulaca mexicana
Portulaca eruca
speciesPortulaca eruca
Portulaca intraterranea
speciesPortulaca intraterranea
Portulaca perennis
speciesPortulaca perennis
Molokini 'Ihi
speciesPortulaca molokiniensis
Tiny purslane
speciesPortulaca minuta
Portulaca giuliettiae
speciesPortulaca giuliettiae
Portulaca howellii
speciesPortulaca howellii
Portulaca australis
speciesPortulaca australis
Portulaca tuberosa
speciesPortulaca tuberosa
Portulaca philippii
speciesPortulaca philippii
Portulaca confertifolia
speciesPortulaca confertifolia
Portulaca digyna
speciesPortulaca digyna
Portulaca papulifera
speciesPortulaca papulifera
Portulaca fulgens
speciesPortulaca fulgens
Pink Rock-wort
speciesPortulaca filsonii
Portulaca echinosperma
speciesPortulaca echinosperma
Portulaca wightiana
speciesPortulaca wightiana
Grit portulaca
speciesPortulaca biloba
hairy purslane
speciesPortulaca villosa
Portulaca cyclophylla
speciesPortulaca cyclophylla
Portulaca armitii
speciesPortulaca armitii
Portulaca werdermannii
speciesPortulaca werdermannii
'ihi makole
speciesPortulaca sclerocarpa
Portulaca mauritiensis
speciesPortulaca mauritiensis
Portulaca rotundifolia
speciesPortulaca rotundifolia
Portulaca rhodesiana
speciesPortulaca rhodesiana
Portulaca minensis
speciesPortulaca minensis
Portulaca okinawensis
speciesPortulaca okinawensis
Portulaca conspicua
speciesPortulaca conspicua
Portulaca foliosa
speciesPortulaca foliosa
Portulaca samoensis
speciesPortulaca samoensis
Portulaca papulosa
speciesPortulaca papulosa
Portulaca linearifolia
speciesPortulaca linearifolia
Shrubby purslane
speciesPortulaca suffruticosa
Portulaca matthewsii
speciesPortulaca matthewsii
Portulaca teretifolia
speciesPortulaca teretifolia
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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In the old herbals & bestiaries
Herbal of Virtues
1499 · p.221
On the Virtues of Herbs
Macer Floridus · 1150 · p.107
Latin Herbal with German Synonyms
1484 · p.249
Herbarius
1485 · p.222
Herbarius latinus (with Dutch synonyms)
1486 · p.219
Herbarius latinus (with French synonyms)
1486 · p.223
Latin Herbal with German Synonyms
1486 · p.222
Ortus sanitatis
1491 · p.489
Garden of Health
1507 · p.394
The Great Herbary with all the figures of the herbs
1532 · p.240
The Great Herbary with all the figures of the herbs
1532 · p.241
Notable Commentaries on the History of Plants
Leonhart Fuchs · 1542 · p.146
In the stacks
Searching the stacks…
Every page naming Portulaca in the Biodiversity Heritage Library →
This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 58992.