portulaca n : a plant of the genus Portulaca having pink or red or purple or white ephemeral flowers

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Noun

1. Any of many tropical trailing herbs, of the genus Portulaca, having showy flowers

Synonyms

• purslane

Portulaca (purslane) is the type genus of the purslane family Portulacaceae, comprising about 40-100 species (probably much fewer and potentially far far more) found in the tropics and warm temperate regions. It is also sometimes known as Rose Moss.

Common Purslane Portulaca oleracea is widely considered an edible plant, and in some areas an invasive type of weed. Some Portulaca species are used as food plants by the larvae of some Lepidoptera species including The Nutmeg.

• Portulaca amilis Paraguayan Purslane
• Portulaca andicola
• Portulaca biloba Cuban Purslane
• Portulaca boliviensis
• Portulaca caulerpoides Puerto Rican Purslane
• Portulaca cryptopetala
• Portulaca elatior
• Portulaca elongata
• Portulaca eruca
• Portulaca fluvialis
• Portulaca fragilis
• Portulaca gilliesii, glyphosate resistant (ca. 10 L/ha)
• Portulaca gracilis
• Portulaca grandiflora Moss-rose Purslane
• Portulaca halimoides Silkcotton Purslane
• Portulaca insularis
• Portulaca lanuginosa
• Portulaca longiusculotuberculata
• Portulaca lutea Yellow Purslane
• Portulaca molokiniensis 'Ihi
• Portulaca mucronata
• Portulaca oleracea Common Purslane or Pigweed
• Portulaca papulosa
• Portulaca pedicellata
• Portulaca perennis
• Portulaca pilosa - Shaggy Purslane
• Portulaca psammotropha
• Portulaca quadrifida Chickenweed Purslane
• Portulaca rotundifolia
• Portulaca rubricaulis Redstem Purslane
• Portulaca sclerocarpa 'Ihi Makole
• Portulaca smallii Small's Purslane
• Portulaca suffrutescens Shrubby Purslane
• Portulaca teretifolia Roundleaf Purslane
• Portulaca umbraticola Wingpod Purslane
• Portulaca villosa - Hairy Purslane or ‘Ihi

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