Species

Portulaca oleracea

Common Name(s)

purslane

Family

Portulacaceae

Flora Category

Vascular - Exotic

NVS Species Code

POROLE

The National Vegetation Survey (NVS) Databank is a physical archive and electronic databank containing records of over 94,000 vegetation survey plots - including data from over 19,000 permanent plots. NVS maintains a standard set of species code abbreviations that correspond to standard scientific plant names from the Ngä Tipu o Aotearoa - New Zealand Plants database.

Structural Class

Dicotyledonous Herbs other than Composites

Flower Colours

Red / Pink,Yellow

Year Naturalised

1869

Origin

Europe, S.W. Asia

This page last updated on 9 May 2011