[The Purslane Family in the Deserts and Mountains of the American Southwest]

Purslanes of the Mountains and Deserts of the American Southwest

The Genus Portulaca

Desert Portulaca, Purslane, Silkcotton Purslane: Portulaca halimoides (Synonym: Portulaca parvula)

Desert Portulaca: Portulaca halimoides as seen in the desert wash adjacent to Fish Creek, above Split Mountain Gorge, Anza-Borrego Desert State Park, CA.......March 27, 2006.

Desert Portulaca, Purslane, Silkcotton Purslane: Portulaca halimoides (Synonym: Portulaca parvula)

Common Purslane, Purslane: Portulaca oleracea (Synonyms: Portulaca granulato-stellulata, Portulaca nitida, Portulaca oleracea ssp. granulato-stellulata, Portulaca oleracea ssp. nitida, Portulaca oleracea ssp. oleracea, Portulaca oleracea ssp. papillato-stellulata, Portulaca papillato-stellulata, Portulaca retusa)

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