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Your search found 4 taxa in the family Portulacaceae, Purslane family, as understood by Weakley's Flora.
Common Name: Small's Portulaca, Small's Purslane
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Portulaca smallii FAMILY: Portulacaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Portulaca smallii FAMILY: Portulacaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Portulaca smallii 070-03-002 FAMILY: Portulacaceae
Habitat: In thin soils on granitic and diabase flatrocks, sometimes locally spreading to adjacent fields, mowed areas, or other disturbed areas
Rare
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name:
Hairy Purslane, Kiss-me-quick, Pink Purslane
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Portulaca pilosa FAMILY: Portulacaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Portulaca pilosa FAMILY: Portulacaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Portulaca pilosa 070-03-003 FAMILY: Portulacaceae
Habitat: Disturbed sandy soils, calcareous glades
Common in Coastal Plain, uncommon in Piedmont
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name:
Common Purslane, Garden Purslane, Pussley, Pursley
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Portulaca oleracea FAMILY: Portulacaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN PLANTS National Database: Portulaca oleracea FAMILY: Portulacaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Portulaca oleracea 070-03-005 FAMILY: Portulacaceae
Habitat: Gardens, disturbed areas, cracks in sidewalks; partly native in our area (different genotypes, sometimes treated as varieties, subspecies, or species, appear to have different areas of origin but are now widely distributed by introduction)
Common
Partly native and partly introduced
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Common Name:
Broadleaf Pink Purslane, Paraguayan Purslane
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Portulaca amilis FAMILY: Portulacaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Portulaca amilis FAMILY: Portulacaceae
Habitat: Sandy fields, lawns, and other dry, sandy, disturbed habitats
Uncommon in Coastal Plain (rare elsewhere in GA-NC-SC)
Non-native: South America
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