Portulaca halimoides L., 1762 10% complete

Silkcotton purslane

Sp. Pl. ed. 2: 639 (1762)

Data sources

Each value Trefle shows for Portulaca halimoides, with what every source says about it. When sources disagree, the strongest source is shown (how sources are ranked). Values imported before sources were recorded one by one are marked Source not recorded.

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Sourced1 Source not recorded9 Not on the record1 Sources: TRY Plant Trait Database, Earlier Trefle data
Field Shown What the sources say
Core
Author L. No source recorded
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Bibliography Sp. Pl. ed. 2: 639 (1762) No source recorded
Source not recorded
Phylum Tracheophyta No source recorded
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Rank species No source recorded
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Status accepted No source recorded
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Year 1762 No source recorded
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Descriptive
Common name Silkcotton purslane No source recorded
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Observations C. & S. U.S.A. to Trop. America No source recorded
Source not recorded
Morphology
Growth habit Forb/herb
  • Forb/herb · Earlier Trefle data · Reported · 2026-10-19
    value present before provenance tracking (2022 import), no source recorded
Sourced
Vegetable false No source recorded
Source not recorded
Other
Human usage type —
  • grazing, uncooked_vegetables · TRY Plant Trait Database · Reported · 2 observations · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 341, 414
Not on the record