Portulaca pilosa
Family: Portulacaceae
Plant Description: Annual with erect to prostate stems up to long15 cm long and fleshy linear leaves 5-15 mm long. Leaves alternate , axils woolly. Petals 3-6 mm long, rose-purple. Fruit splitting around the equator
Plant Trivia: related to “moss rose” sold in nurseries.
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Key to the species of Portulaca:
- Leaves linear……………………………………………………………………………P. pilosa
Leaves not linear…………………………………………………………………………………2
2. Rim of caplsule winged………………………………………………………P. umbraticola
Rim of capsule not winged…………………………………………………..P. oleracea
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