Flora of Newfoundland and Labrador
Flora of Newfoundland and Labrador
Portulacaceae /Portulacacées - Purslane Family
Portulaca oleracea L. [E]
En: common purslane, garden purslane, little hogweed
Fr: pourpier potager, pourpier gras
Provincial Status: E [ephemeral; not persistent]
Range: Old World, exact origin unknown; an occasional introduced garden weed, not persistent.

              [=Portulaca hortensis Rupr.]
              [=Portulaca neglecta Mack. & Bush]
              [=Portulaca officinarum Crantz]
              [=Portulaca oleracea L. subsp. sylvestris Thell., nom. inval.]
              [=Portulaca oleracea L. var. sylvestris DC., nom. inval.]
              [=Portulaca retusa Engelm.]

[An occasional introduced garden weed, not persistent.]

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