| Dicotyledon | Literature for Portulaca pilosa
Wagner et al., 1990, 1999. |
| Portulaceae | Bibliography |
| Portulaca pilosa | |
Common name(s): purslane, `akulikuli (Ni`ihau) |
| General Information | ||
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| Distribution | Pantropical.In the Hawaiian Islands, naturalized on Ni`ihau, Kaua`i, O`ahu, Moloka`i, Maui, Kaho`olawe, Hawai`i. | |
| Habit |
Perennial herbs from a taproot; stems green when young, usually purplish red when exposed to sun, prostrate to weakly ascending, 3-20 cm long, forming irregular mats. |
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| Leaves |
Leaves alternate or clustered at the ends of the branches, oblong-elliptic to linear, 4-15(-25) mm long, 0.5-2(-4) mm wide, petioles ca. 1-2 mm long, with a tuft of hairs 1-18 mm long in the axil. |
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| Flowers |
Flowers (1)2-10 in congested terminal cymes subtended by a series of involucrate leaves ca. 10-12 mm long, bracteoles 0.7-2.5 mm long, partly obscured by hairs ca. 3-18 mm long; sepals 2.5-5 mm long, margins somewhat scarious, apex sometimes inconspicuously hooded; petals (4)5, magenta, obovate, 5-6(-10) mm long; stamens (7-)20-30; anthers globose to elliptic; style 3-7-branched. |
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| Fruit |
Capsules broadly ellipsoid, ca. 2-3(-4) mm long, circumscissile at or slightly below middle. |
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| Seeds |
Seeds dark blue with a metallic luster, the surface tuberculate, especially along margins. |
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| Chromosomes |
2n = 16, 18, 36 |
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