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Your search found 11 taxa in the family Portulacaceae, Purslane family, as understood by Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.
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Common Name:
Spring-beauty
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Claytonia virginica var. virginica FAMILY: Montiaceae
INCLUDING PLANTS National Database: Claytonia virginica var. virginica FAMILY: Portulacaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Claytonia virginica 070-01-001 FAMILY: Portulacaceae
Habitat: Moist forests, lawns
Common in Mountains & Piedmont (uncommon in NC Coastal Plain, rare in Coastal Plain of GA & SC)
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name:
Carolina Spring-beauty
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Claytonia caroliniana FAMILY: Montiaceae
INCLUDING PLANTS National Database: Claytonia caroliniana var. caroliniana FAMILY: Portulacaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Claytonia caroliniana 070-01-002 FAMILY: Portulacaceae
Habitat: Moist forests, especially northern hardwood forests and cove forests at moderate to high elevations
Common in NC Mountains, rare in GA
Native to North Carolina & Georgia
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Common Name:
Narrow-leaved Montia, Narrowleaf Miner's-lettuce
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Montia linearis FAMILY: Montiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Montia linearis FAMILY: Portulacaceae
Habitat: Lawns, disturbed areas
Waif(s)
Native: western North America
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Common Name:
Appalachian Fameflower, Appalachian Rock-pink, Rock Portulaca, Quill Fameflower
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Phemeranthus teretifolius FAMILY: Montiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Phemeranthus teretifolius FAMILY: Portulacaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Talinum teretifolium 070-02-001 FAMILY: Portulacaceae
Habitat: In shallow soil over felsic or mafic rocks (granite, gneiss, schist, granite, diabase, greenstone, metabasalt, sandstone, Altamaha grit), especially where periodically wet by seepage (often in mats of the moss Grimmia)
Common (rare in GA Coastal Plain & GA Mountains)
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name:
Panicled Fameflower, Jewels-of-Opar, Pink Baby’s-breath
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Talinum paniculatum FAMILY: Talinaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Talinum paniculatum FAMILY: Portulacaceae
(?) Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Talinum paniculatum 070-02-002 FAMILY: Portulacaceae
Habitat: Fairly commonly cultivated, locally escaped to disturbed areas and garden edges
Rare
Non-native: West Indies
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Common Name:
Menges' Fameflower, Large-flowered Fameflower, Menges' Rock-pink, Large-flowered Rock-pink
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Phemeranthus mengesii FAMILY: Montiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Phemeranthus mengesii FAMILY: Portulacaceae
Habitat: In shallow soil over felsic rocks (granite) or sandstone (in GA and AL), or Altamaha Grit (GA), where periodically wet by seepage; rare (locally common in GA)
Uncommon in Piedmont, rare in Coastal Plain (rare in SC)
Native to South Carolina & Georgia
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Common Name:
Piedmont Rock-pink, Piedmont Fameflower
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Phemeranthus piedmontanus FAMILY: Montiaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN PLANTS National Database: Phemeranthus mengesii FAMILY: Portulacaceae
Habitat: In periodic seepage on mafic or ultramafic rocks
Rare
Native to North Carolina
Common Name: Small's Portulaca, Small's Purslane
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Portulaca smallii FAMILY: Portulacaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Portulaca smallii FAMILY: Portulacaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Portulaca smallii 070-03-002 FAMILY: Portulacaceae
Habitat: In thin soils on granitic and diabase flatrocks, sometimes locally spreading to adjacent fields, mowed areas, or other disturbed areas
Rare
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name:
Hairy Purslane, Kiss-me-quick, Pink Purslane
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Portulaca pilosa FAMILY: Portulacaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Portulaca pilosa FAMILY: Portulacaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Portulaca pilosa 070-03-003 FAMILY: Portulacaceae
Habitat: Disturbed sandy soils, calcareous glades
Common in Coastal Plain, uncommon in Piedmont
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name:
Common Purslane, Garden Purslane, Pussley, Pursley
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Portulaca oleracea FAMILY: Portulacaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN PLANTS National Database: Portulaca oleracea FAMILY: Portulacaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Portulaca oleracea 070-03-005 FAMILY: Portulacaceae
Habitat: Gardens, disturbed areas, cracks in sidewalks; partly native in our area (different genotypes, sometimes treated as varieties, subspecies, or species, appear to have different areas of origin but are now widely distributed by introduction)
Common
Partly native and partly introduced
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Common Name:
Broadleaf Pink Purslane, Paraguayan Purslane
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Portulaca amilis FAMILY: Portulacaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Portulaca amilis FAMILY: Portulacaceae
Habitat: Sandy fields, lawns, and other dry, sandy, disturbed habitats
Uncommon in Coastal Plain (rare elsewhere in GA-NC-SC)
Non-native: South America
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