common purslane USDA PLANTS Symbol: POOL
U.S. Nativity: Native
Habit: Forbs/Herbs
Portulaca oleracea L.
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Taxonomic Rank: Magnoliopsida: Caryophyllales: Portulacaceae
Synonym(s): little hogweed, akulikuli-kula, common purslane, duckweed, garden purslane, little-hogweed, purslane, pursley, pusley, wild portulaca
Native Range: Uncertain - worldwide ()
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Seedling(s);
John D. Byrd, Mississippi State University, Bugwood.org
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Flower(s);
Utah State University Archive, Utah State University, Bugwood.org
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Plant(s);
Utah State University Archive, Utah State University, Bugwood.org
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Plant(s);
Steve Dewey, Utah State University, Bugwood.org
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Plant(s);
Steve Dewey, Utah State University, Bugwood.org
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Plant(s); Along with pigweed and puncturevine
Steve Dewey, Utah State University, Bugwood.org
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EDDMapS Distribution:
This map is incomplete and is based only on current site and county level reports made by experts and records obtained from USDA Plants Database. For more information, visit www.eddmaps.org 		 


State(s) Where Reported invasive.
Based on state level agency and organization lists of invasive plants from WeedUS database.
U.S. National Parks where reported invasive:
Chiricahua National Monument (Arizona)
Death Valley National Park (California)
Haleakala National Park (Hawaii)
Lake Mead National Park (Nevada)
Yellowstone National Park (Wyoming)


Invasive Listing Sources:
Eric Ulaszek, U.S. Forest Service, Midewin National Tallgrass Prairie, Illinois
Faith Campbell, 1998. Plants that Hog the Garden: Invasive Plants in the United States. Fine Gardening Online
Jil M. Swearingen, Survey of invasive plants occurring on National Park Service lands, 2000-2007