Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Caryophyllales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Portulaca pilosa
FAMILY
Portulacaceae
Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Read more about Hairy Purslane at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Portulaca pilosa
FAMILY
Portulacaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 070-03-003:
Portulaca pilosa
FAMILY
Portulacaceae
COMMON NAME:
Hairy Purslane, Kiss-me-quick, Pink Purslane
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_popi3_001_lvd
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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.
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Portulaca pilosa
FAMILY
Portulacaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Portulaca pilosa
FAMILY
Portulacaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 070-03-003:
Portulaca pilosa
FAMILY
Portulacaceae
3045
Forb
Annual
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Documented growing wild in GA NC SC
Uncommon
Look for it in disturbed sandy soils, per Weakley's Flora
Click here to see a more detailed map from University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Herbarium,
or click here to see a map from SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
LEAVES:
Simple
Leaves alternate or subopposite, congested & involucre-like at inflorescence
Margins entire
FLOWER:
Summer/Fall
Maroon
Bisexual
Radially symmetrical
2 sepals
5-7 petals
Ovary half-inferior
Flowers in leaf axils, solitary
FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Capsule
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- Guide to the Wildflowers of SC p230
- Wildflowers of the Atlantic Southeast p358
- Wildflowers of the Eastern United States p008
- Wildflowers of the Sandhills Region p334