Portulaca parvula A.Gray

 
  • Family : PORTULACACEAE
    (Purslane Family)
  • Family (Hindi name) : LUNIA FAMILY (लुनिया फैमिली)
  • Family (as per The APG System III) : Portulacaceae
  • Synonym(s) : Portulaca cinerea Poelln.; Portulaca eitenii D.Legrand; Portulaca halimoides var. brevipilosa Poelln.; Portulaca haughtii J.F.Macbr.; Portulaca martinicensis Urb.; Portulaca minutiflora Poelln.; Portulaca pilosa var. halimoides (L.) Kuntze; Portulaca poliosperma Urb.; Portulaca poliosperma var. bistigmatata Poelln.; Portulaca poliosperma var. cubensis Urb.; Portulaca poliosperma var. minor Urb.; Portulaca poliosperma var. tristigmatata Poelln.; Portulaca saxea Vell.; Portulaca setacea Haw.; Portulaca stipitata D.Legrand; Portulaca teretifolia Kunth; Portulaca teretifolia subsp. cubensis (Urb.) M.D.Ortega; Portulaca teretifolia var. cubensis (Urb.) D.Legrand; Portulaca ulei Poelln.
  • Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Portulaca halimoides L.
  • Common name : Silkcotton Purslane
  • Habit : Herb
  • Habitat : Desert
  • Flower, Fruit : March-November
  • Distribution :
    • Uttarakhand : Uttarakhand
  • Native : Arizona, Aruba, Brazil North, Brazil Northeast, Brazil Southeast, Brazil West-Central, California, Cayman Is., Colombia, Colorado, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Guatemala, Haiti, Jamaica, Leeward Is., Mexico Northeast, Mexico Northwest, Mexico Southe
  • Exotic/Native : Exotic
  • World Distribution : Central & South U.S.A. to Tropical America
  • Literature :
    • Uniyal B.P., Sharma J.R., Choudhery U., Singh D.K. (2007). Flowering Plants of Uttarakhand: A Checklist. Bishen Singh Mahendra Pal Singh: 83
  • Read more :
  • Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Deepak Kumar (2024). India Flora Online. http://indiafloraonline-ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Portulaca parvula. Downloaded on 14 December 2024.

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