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Taxon:  Portulaca oleracea L.



Summary
Genus:
Portulaca
Family:
Portulacaceae
Nomen number:
29453
Place of publication:
Sp. pl. 1:445. 1753
Verified:
03/12/2004 ARS Systematic Botanists.
Accessions:
2 (2  active, 2  available) in Australian Pastures Genebank.  (Map it)
Other conspecific taxa
Portulaca oleracea L. subsp. sativa (Haw.) Schubl. & G. Martens (0 active accession[s])
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
No images


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Common names
English
common purslane –
little hogweed –
portulaca-weed –
purslane –
Arabic
baqlah –
barbir –
rijlah –
French
pourpier –
German
Portulak –
India
ghol –
Japanese Rōmaji
suberi-hiyu –
Portuguese
beldroega –
Spanish
verdolaga –
Swedish
vildportlak –
Transcribed Chinese
ma chi xian –
Transcribed Korean
soebireum –
Transliterated Russian
portulak ogorodnyj –
portulak ovosenoj –
Distribution
order_codeStatusContinentSubcontinentCountryStateNote
4Naturalized     
6Other     
Naturalized ()
Other ()
Economic Uses
UsageTypeNoteReference
Animal foodfodder FNA Editorial Committee. Flora of North America. 1993-
Human foodvegetable Siemonsma, J. S. & Kasem Piluek, eds. 1993. Vegetables. Plant Resources of South-East Asia (PROSEA). 1989- 8:227-229.
Medicinesfolklore McGuffin, M., J. T. Kartesz, A. Y. Leung, & A. O. Tucker. Herbs of commerce, ed. 2. 2000
Vertebrate poisonsmammals Kingsbury, J. M. Poisonous plants of the United States and Canada. 1964
Weedpotential seed contaminant CIBA-GEIGY, Basel, Switzerland. The CIBA-GEIGY Weed Tables. 1974
Cite as: USDA, Agricultural Research Service, National Plant Germplasm System. 2025. Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN Taxonomy). National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland.
URL: https://apg.pir.sa.gov.au/gringlobal/taxon/taxonomydetail?id=29453. Accessed 20 July 2025.


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