Difference between revisions of "Portulaca halimoides"

Linnaeus

Sp. Pl. ed. 2, 1: 639. 1762.

Synonyms: Portulaca parvula A. Gray
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 4. Treatment on page 499. Mentioned on page 496, 497.
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--><span class="statement" id="st-d0_s0" data-properties="plant duration"><b>Plants </b>annual;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s1" data-properties="root texture">roots fibrous.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s2" data-properties="stem orientation;stem orientation;stem orientation;stem coloration;stem texture"><b>Stems </b>prostrate to suberect, often pinkish, succulent;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s3" data-properties="trichome prominence">trichomes conspicuous at nodes and in inflorescence;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s4" data-properties="branch atypical some measurement;branch some measurement">branches to 3–20 (–25) cm.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s5" data-properties="apex shape;apex shape;apex shape;apex shape;apex atypical length;apex length;apex atypical width;apex width;apex shape;apex shape;apex shape"><b>Leaf-</b>blades linear to oblong-linear, terete to hemispheric, 2–14 (–20) × 0.4–2 (–3) mm, apex obtuse to acute;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s6" data-properties="leaf shape;leaf count">involucrelike leaves 4–8.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s7" data-properties="flower diameter"><b>Flowers </b>3–8 mm diam.;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s8" data-properties="petal coloration;petal shape;petal length;petal width">petals yellow, obovate, 2–4 × 1–2.5 mm;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s9" data-properties="stamen count">stamens 4–18;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s10" data-properties="stigma atypical count;stigma count">stigmas 3–4 (–5).</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s11" data-properties="capsule shape;capsule diameter"><b>Capsules </b>ovoid, 1.1–2 mm diam.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s12" data-properties="seed coloration;seed coloration;seed diameter;seed diameter"><b>Seeds </b>gray or leaden, 0.3–0.5 (–0.6) mm diam.;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s13" data-properties="cell arrangement;cell shape;cell arrangement or shape">lateral surfaces with densely arranged, flattened, stellate cells, tubercles absent;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s14" data-properties="spine architecture or pubescence or relief;spine relief">usually with a smooth, occasionally papillose, spine abaxially.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s15" data-properties="tubercle count;2n chromosome count">2n = 18.</span><!--
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|habitat=Dry soil, sand dunes, arroyos
 
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|elevation=900-2300 m
 
|elevation=900-2300 m
 
|distribution=Ariz.;Calif.;Colo.;Nev.;N.Mex.;Okla.;Tex.;Utah;West Indies;Central America;South America.
 
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|discussion=<p>Young plants of Portulaca halimoides in desert areas may exhibit reddish stems and sepals. As the yellow petals fade, the persistent, reddish sepals cover the top of the capsule, giving the false impression of red flowers. Immature seeds are reddish brown to brownish black and may be papillose. Morphologic variability occurs in relation to habitat differences over the range of this species. Desert conditions produce depauperate plants; more robust specimens occur in Central America and South America. The type of P. halimoides is conspecific with P. parvula A. Gray within this context. A. Gray (1887) cited P. halimoides from the Florida Keys; that is unconfirmed and is likely a confusion with P. rubricaulis.</p>
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|discussion=<p>Young plants of <i>Portulaca halimoides</i> in desert areas may exhibit reddish stems and sepals. As the yellow petals fade, the persistent, reddish sepals cover the top of the capsule, giving the false impression of red flowers. Immature seeds are reddish brown to brownish black and may be papillose. Morphologic variability occurs in relation to habitat differences over the range of this species. Desert conditions produce depauperate plants; more robust specimens occur in Central America and South America. The type of <i>P. halimoides</i> is conspecific with <i>P. parvula</i> A. Gray within this context. A. Gray (1887) cited <i>P. halimoides</i> from the Florida Keys; that is unconfirmed and is likely a confusion with <i>P. rubricaulis</i>.</p>
 
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Latest revision as of 22:56, 5 November 2020

Plants annual; roots fibrous. Stems prostrate to suberect, often pinkish, succulent; trichomes conspicuous at nodes and in inflorescence; branches to 3–20(–25) cm. Leaf blades linear to oblong-linear, terete to hemispheric, 2–14(–20) × 0.4–2(–3) mm, apex obtuse to acute; involucrelike leaves 4–8. Flowers 3–8 mm diam.; petals yellow, obovate, 2–4 × 1–2.5 mm; stamens 4–18; stigmas 3–4(–5). Capsules ovoid, 1.1–2 mm diam. Seeds gray or leaden, 0.3–0.5(–0.6) mm diam.; lateral surfaces with densely arranged, flattened, stellate cells, tubercles absent; usually with a smooth, occasionally papillose, spine abaxially. 2n = 18.


Phenology: Flowering late spring–early fall.
Habitat: Dry soil, sand dunes, arroyos
Elevation: 900-2300 m

Distribution

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Ariz., Calif., Colo., Nev., N.Mex., Okla., Tex., Utah, West Indies, Central America, South America.

Discussion

Young plants of Portulaca halimoides in desert areas may exhibit reddish stems and sepals. As the yellow petals fade, the persistent, reddish sepals cover the top of the capsule, giving the false impression of red flowers. Immature seeds are reddish brown to brownish black and may be papillose. Morphologic variability occurs in relation to habitat differences over the range of this species. Desert conditions produce depauperate plants; more robust specimens occur in Central America and South America. The type of P. halimoides is conspecific with P. parvula A. Gray within this context. A. Gray (1887) cited P. halimoides from the Florida Keys; that is unconfirmed and is likely a confusion with P. rubricaulis.

Selected References

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Lower Taxa

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