Australian Portulaca

A blog dedicated to the identification, appreciation and study of Portulaca species. The blog is by no means limited to Portulaca and will from time to time include other interesting species of plants from Australia and other countries.

Sunday, March 10, 2013

The Distribution of Species by Indigenous People?

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I have often noticed that edible species of Portulacaceae are common around ancient indigenous sites. The tubers (and leaves/flowers) of th...

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Tuesday, February 19, 2013

Portulaca cyclophylla

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All Photos on this page courtesy of Attila Kapitany. Portulaca cyclophylla Muell. (1890) is a very interesting species with spect...

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Friday, February 15, 2013

Portulaca oligosperma

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Portulaca oligosperma F. Muell. (1859) is another of the tropical annuals with opposite leaves and pink-purple flowers. It is prostrate an...

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Thursday, February 14, 2013

Portulaca clavigera

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Portulaca clavigera R. Geesink was first described in 1969. I have never seen it and know very little about it. I believe it is similar in...

Wednesday, February 13, 2013

Portulaca digyna

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Portulaca digyna , F. Muell. (1859) is a lovely little procumbent annual with opposite, fairly symmetrical branches up to about 10 cm long....

Saturday, February 9, 2013

Portulaca decipiens

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Portulaca decipiens Poelln. (1933) is widely accepted today as a synonym of P. filifolia Muell. (1859). It is still recognized as Port...

Friday, February 8, 2013

The Question of Environmentally-Induced Variation

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In previous posts I may have given the impression that Portulaca are morphologically-unstable, chameleon-like plants, whose frequent mutat...

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