CHR 498979 – Portulaca oleracea L.
Data provider:
Allan Herbarium
Barcode:
CHR 498979
Specimen type:
Sheet
Database record added:
24 January 1995
Database record updated:
08 May 2015
Components
Primary component
Active identification
Determined name:
Portulaca oleracea L. ?
Determiner:
W.R. Sykes
Identification date:
1993-09-22 (Verbatim: 22 Sep 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:
Motukoiti
Verbatim locality:
Motukoiti
Verbatim collector:
W.R. Sykes 4291/CI
Standardised collector:
William R. Sykes
Verbatim date:
22 Jul 1993
Start date:
1993-07-22
Land District:
Penrhyn
Country:
Cook Islands
Habitat:
Modified area dominated by sedge, open pockets.
Notes:
Prostrate herbs, succulent, forming a tight little cushion. Leaves rather light green, very small for Portulaca oleracea or P. lutea. Flowers yellow c. 5 mm across, forming a shallow cup; petals c. 3 mm long.
Observed species:
Fimbristylis cymosa
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