Native plant · PORTULACACEAE
Portulaca oleracea
LITTLE HOGWEED; Common Purslane
Florida native plant record
This profile summarizes published Florida Seed Bank directory data for Portulaca oleracea. County information reflects documented specimen or occurrence evidence and does not guarantee current presence at a site.
- Scientific name
- Portulaca oleracea
- Family
- PORTULACACEAE
- Genus
- Portulaca
- Order
- CARYOPHYLLALES
- Classification
- Dicots
- Recorded status
- Native; FACU (NWPL)
- Florida range
- Central Florida · Florida Keys · South Florida · North Florida · Panhandle
- Vouchered / Found in Florida
- Lake; Monroe; Orange; Brevard; Sarasota; Taylor; Pasco; Glades; Volusia; Lee; Hillsborough; Hernando; Collier; Miami-Dade; Charlotte; Okaloosa; Pinellas; Clay; Palm Beach; Escambia; Polk; Osceola; Seminole; Indian River; Citrus
Where documented in Florida
Lake; Monroe; Orange; Brevard; Sarasota; Taylor; Pasco; Glades; Volusia; Lee; Hillsborough; Hernando; Collier; Miami-Dade; Charlotte; Okaloosa; Pinellas; Clay; Palm Beach; Escambia; Polk; Osceola; Seminole; Indian River; Citrus
Historical specimen evidence; current presence and complete county coverage are not confirmed.
Related Florida native plants in Portulaca
- Portulaca minuta — TINY PURSLANE
- Portulaca pilosa — PINK PURSLANE; KISS-ME-QUICK; shaggy portulaca
- Portulaca rubricaulis — REDSTEM PURSLANE
Data provenance
Florida Seed Bank preserves source attribution and separates documented records from interpretation. See the plant data credits for directory sourcing and licensing notes.