CHR 640222 – Portulaca oleracea L.
Data provider:
Allan Herbarium
Barcode:
CHR 640222
Specimen type:
Sheet
Database record added:
06 January 2016
Database record updated:
18 January 2016
Components
Primary component
Active identification
Determined name:
Portulaca oleracea L.
Determiner:
W.R. Sykes
Identification date:
2005-09-28 (Verbatim: 28 Sep 2005)
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:
Mitiaro, meadow in Atai Foodland
Verbatim locality:
Mitiaro, meadow in Atai Foodland
Verbatim collector:
C.M. Luttrell 240B
Standardised collector:
C. M. Luttrell
Collectors reference no.:
240B
Verbatim date:
26 Jul 1991
Start date:
1991-07-26
Country:
Cook Islands
Altitudes:
from 3m
Habitat:
Growing in fertile, very damp soil. Exposed to the sun. Meadow with cropped weeds. Grazed by goats. Vegetation: Commelina, Eclipta, Sessile Joy weed, (Alternanthera sessilis), Kyllinga, Digitaria.
Notes:
Ground creeping succulent. Growing up to 10 cm. Whitish tap root with fleshy spreading stems, pinky-green. Leaves opposite, and fleshy, with slightly raised veins. Petioles very short and stout. Flowers and buds yellow, with petals curled inwards. Stamens yellow.
Specimen notes
Supplementary remarks:
Expedition: Oxford University Expedition to the Cook Islands 1991. (Botanical Survey Mitiaro, 23rd June - 15th August 1991).
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