Portulaca insularis Hosok.

Species

Angiosperms > Caryophyllales > Portulacaceae > Portulaca

Characteristics

Herbs. Stems not articulated, ascending, diffuse, much branched, glabrous; leaf axils pilose. Leaves alternate; petiole very short, poorly defined; leaf blade obovate-orbicular or elliptic-obovate, 3-7 × 1-3 mm, base attenuate, apex obtuse. Flowers solitary, sometimes axillary, densely pilose at base. Sepals oblong-deltate, ca. 3 mm, membranous. Petals 5, red, subcuneate-oblong, ca. 4 mm, apex ± retuse. Stamens 10. Stigma 3-lobed. Capsule subglobose, ca. 2.5 mm. Seeds minute.
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Foliage retention deciduous
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Germination duration (days) 14 - 21
Germination temperacture (C°) 21 - 29
Germination luminosity light
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Distribution

Portulaca insularis world distribution map, present in China

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:699233-1
WFO ID wfo-0001238080
COL ID 4M2B7
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Synonyms

Portulaca insularis