CHR 498844 – Portulaca oleracea L.
Data provider:
Allan Herbarium
Barcode:
CHR 498844
Specimen type:
Sheet
Database record added:
20 January 1995
Database record updated:
18 November 2014
Components
Primary component
Active identification
Determined name:
Portulaca oleracea L.
Determiner:
W.R. Sykes
Identification date:
1993-07-07 (Verbatim: 7 Jul 1993)
Preferred name:
Portulaca oleracea L.
Division:
Spermatophyta
Class:
Magnoliopsida
Order:
Caryophyllales
Family:
Portulacaceae
Identification type:
Determination
Collection events
Primary collection event
Collection event type:
Field
Standard locality
Location:
Cook Islands, Penrhyn, Omoka Village
Verbatim locality:
Omoka Village.
Verbatim collector:
W.R. Sykes 4159/CI
Standardised collector:
William R. Sykes
Verbatim date:
7 Jul 1993
Start date:
1993-07-07
Land District:
Penrhyn
Country:
Cook Islands
Habitat:
Around seafront buildings, ± pure coral sand.
Notes:
Prostrate or decumbent succulent herb with shining pink stems. Leaves shining, to c. 3 x 2 cm, obovate, rounded, truncate, slightly emarginate. Petals yellow, 3-3.5 x 2-2.5 mm, oblong or ovate-oblong, sometimes emarginate, corolla c. 7 mm across, open in morning only. A few plants.
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