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shrubby purslane

Portulaca suffrutescens

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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Arizona.January 32, February 29, March 38, April 51, May 46, June 23, July 52, August 156, September 39, October 24, November 24, December 28.
United States549
Arizona385
New Mexico107
Texas57
Mexico48
Baja California Sur26
Sonora18
Chihuahua4

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Traits

Group and habits

Classification

KingdomPlants · Plantae
PhylumVascular Plants · Tracheophyta
ClassDicots · Magnoliopsida
Orderpinks, cactuses, and allies · Caryophyllales
Familypurslane family · Portulacaceae
Genuspurslanes · Portulaca

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