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Portulaca halimoides L.
silkcotton purslane

       
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Images:
Portulaca halimoides L.

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Synonyms:
Portulaca halimoides L.

  POPA12 Portulaca parvula A. Gray
 

Distribution:
Portulaca halimoides L.

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Distribution Map Legend

See U.S. county distributions (when available) by clicking on the map or the linked states below:

USA (AR, AZ, CA, CO, DE, NM, NV, OK, TX, UT, VA), USA+ (PR, VI)
 

Related Taxa:
Portulaca halimoides L.

View 10 genera in Portulacaceae, 18 species in Portulaca
 

Classification:
Portulaca halimoides L.

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Kingdom Plantae – Plants
Subkingdom Tracheobionta – Vascular plants
Superdivision Spermatophyta – Seed plants
Division Magnoliophyta – Flowering plants
Class Magnoliopsida – Dicotyledons
Subclass Caryophyllidae
Order Caryophyllales
Family Portulacaceae – Purslane family
Genus Portulaca L. – purslane
Species Portulaca halimoides L. – silkcotton purslane
 

Wetland Indicator Status:

NOTE: On June 1, 2012, the 2012 National Wetland Plant List superseded the information below (see Federal Register, May 9, 2012, 77(90): 27210-27214[https://federalregister.gov/a/2012-11176]). For updated wetland information about this species, see the latest wetland list.

Portulaca halimoides L.

Nat. Ind. Reg. 1 Reg. 2 Reg. 3 Reg. 4 Reg. 5 Reg. 6 Reg. 7 Reg. 8 Reg. 9 Reg. 0 Reg. A Reg. C Reg. H
FACW NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO FACW NO
Interpreting Wetland Indicator Status
 

More Accounts and Images:
Portulaca halimoides L.

View photographs from CalPhotos.

View species account and distribution map from Flora of North America (FNA).

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 20431.

View species account and distribution map from Jepson Interchange (University of California - Berkeley).

View species account and photographs from Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center Native Plant Information Network (NPIN).

 
 
Time Generated: 06/19/2013 03:15 PM CDT