Portulaca Portulaca, L.
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Portulaca Portulaca |
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1. P. oleracea L. View in CoL , Sp. Pl. 445 (1753).
Annual with branched stems up to 50 cm. Leaves mostly scattered and alternate, but subopposite and crowded below flowers, oblong-obovate, sessile with a cuneate base, shining. Flowers solitary or two or three together, often terminal. Sepals c. 4 mm, keeled, joined into a short tube at base; petals 5, 6-8 mm, yellow, obovate, slightly joined; stamens 7-12. Capsule 3-9 mm, obovoid; seeds c. 0- 5 mm, black. Cultivated as a vegetable; also a weed of cultivation. Mainly in S. & C. Europe. Al Au Az Be BI Br Bu Co Cz Ga Ge Gr He Ho Hs Hu It Ju Lu Po Rm Rs (C, W, K, E) Sa Si Tu.
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Portulaca Portulaca
| Tutin, T. G., Heywood, V. H., Burges, N. A., Moore, D. M., Valentine, D. H., Walters, S. M. & Webb, D. A. 1964 |
P. oleracea
| L. 1753: 445 |