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Common Purslane
Portulaca oleracea
28 photos
Study shows up to four per card, from different observers, so you learn the species rather than one picture. Heart the good ones and swap any you do not like.
Photos you add are credited to you, and you keep the copyright.
Easily confused with
wingpod purslanePortulaca umbraticola
desert horse purslaneTrianthema portulacastrum
Spotted spurgeEuphorbia maculata
sea purslaneSesuvium portulacastrum
prostrate sandmatEuphorbia prostrata
fourleaf manyseedPolycarpon tetraphyllum
Chickenweed PurslanePortulaca quadrifida
procumbent pigweedAmaranthus blitoides
Study checks a spoken answer against these, and tells you which one you named.
Where it is recorded
| United States | 29,873 |
|---|---|
| Alaska | 16,696 |
| Canada | 4,960 |
| Texas | 4,060 |
| Ontario | 3,512 |
| California | 3,451 |
| Russia | 2,231 |
| China | 2,034 |
| Mexico | 1,812 |
| New York | 1,743 |
Counts show where people looked, not only where it lives.
Classification
| Kingdom | Plants · Plantae |
|---|---|
| Phylum | Vascular Plants · Tracheophyta |
| Class | Dicots · Magnoliopsida |
| Order | pinks, cactuses, and allies · Caryophyllales |
| Family | purslane family · Portulacaceae |
| Genus | purslanes · Portulaca |
Study it in a deck
- Plants of Charleston County, South Carolina, United States
- Plants of Richmond city, Virginia, United States
- Plants of Shoalhaven, New South Wales, Australia
- Plants of Zaporizhia, Zaporizhia Oblast, Ukraine
Or build your own from the species near you.
Sources
- Names, taxonomy and observation counts: www.inaturalist.org
- Photos and recordings: the creator and source are on each one.
- How much to rely on each source
Remember the name next time.
Practise Common Purslane with real photos from different observers. Say the name out loud, and it comes back just before you would forget it.