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Portulaca oleracea
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Backpackers & Overlanders Lodge, Twentydales Extn, Harare
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Borrowdale Common
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| Synonyms: | |
| Common names: | Common purslane (English) |
| Frequency: | |
| Status: | Introduced |
| Description: |
Prostrate, succulent annual, branches up to 30 cm. Leaves alternate, sessile, glabrous, broadly rounded, usually crowded near the ends of branches. Flowers terminal, 1-5, bright yellow, surrounded by a cluster of leaves. |
| Notes: | |
| Derivation of specific name: | oleracea: vegetable-garden herb used in cooking |
| Habitat: | Gardens and disturbed places |
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| Flowering time: | Nov - Mar |
| Worldwide distribution: | Native of Europe, a cosmoplitan weed. |
| Mozambique distribution: | MS,GI |
| Growth form(s): | |
| Endemic status: | |
| Red data list status: | |
| Insects associated with this species: | Hypolimnas misippus (Food plant) |
| Spot characters: | Display spot characters for this species |
| Content last updated: | Thursday 18 June 2009 |
| Literature: |
Heath, A. & Heath, R. (2009). Field Guide to the Plants of Northern Botswana including the Okavango Delta Kew Publishing Page 303. (Includes a picture). Kirby, G. (2013). Wild Flowers of Southeast Botswana Struik Nature, Cape Town South Africa Page 215. (Includes a picture). Linley, K. & Baker, B. (1972). Flowers of the Veld Bundu Series Longman Zimbabwe Page 32. Mapaura, A. & Timberlake, J. (eds) (2004). A checklist of Zimbabwean vascular plants Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report No. 33 Sabonet, Pretoria and Harare Page 68. Setshogo, M.P. (2005). Preliminary checklist of the plants of Botswana. Sabonet Report no. 37. Sabonet, Pretoria and Gaborone Page 94. Wild, H. (1955). Common Rhodesian Weeds Government of Rhodesia, Salisbury Page 17. (Includes a picture). Wild, H. (1961). Portulacaceae Flora Zambesiaca 1(2) Pages 363 - 364. |
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