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Plant Detail
Botanical Name
Portulaca pilosa - L.
Family
Portulacaceae
Common Name
Pink purslane
Habit
Herb
Synonym
Portulaca foliosa DC.
Habitat
Sandy places
Color Of Flower
Pink
Key Characters
Flowers small, about 1 cm or less
Systematic Position
Division :
Dicotyledonae
 
Class :
Polypetalae
 
Series :
Thalamiflorae
 
Order :
Caryophyllales
Plant Description

Perennial, succulent, prostrate or decumbent, ascending, much branched herb; leaves alternate, spirally arranged, crowded at the end of branches, linear, succulent, base cuneate, apex acute, nodal appendages hairy, long, tufted; flowers terminal, solitary or 3-4 together, within an involucre of 8-10 leaves or tufted hairs; sepals ovate; petals many, pink, obovate; stamens 10-16; ovary half inferior, half adnate, 1-celled; ovules 2-many on basal or central column; capsule ovoid; seeds blackish, rugose, very small with concentric rows of minute tubercles.

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