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Portulaca oleracea
Pigweed, Purslane at Greenway, ACT
Identification history
| Portulaca oleracea | 17 Apr 2016 | michaelb |
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On the east side of the Murrumbidgee River, at the central Pine Island picnic area.
2 comments
Mike wrote:
18 Apr 2016
I have always thought of this as an exotic weed. It certainly behaves as a weed in my garden. It is quite common on footpaths and roadsides.
michaelb wrote:
18 Apr 2016
Hi Mike - it does behave as a weed - a quote from ALA.
Portulaca oleracea is a species which occurs world wide and which has escaped from cultivation in parts of Australia. It is generally regarded a weed but, none the less, it is an Australian native plant.
(http://bie.ala.org.au/species/urn:lsid:biodiversity.org.au:apni.taxon:359592)
Portulaca oleracea is a species which occurs world wide and which has escaped from cultivation in parts of Australia. It is generally regarded a weed but, none the less, it is an Australian native plant.
(http://bie.ala.org.au/species/urn:lsid:biodiversity.org.au:apni.taxon:359592)
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Location information
- Coordinates 149.059893-35.427078
- Altitude 559.0m
- Maps Pine Island to Point Hut
- Places Greenway, ACT
Species information
- Not Sensitive
- Cosmopolitan
- Non-Invasive
Sighting information
- 16 - 100 Abundance
- 16 Jan 2016 08:50 PM Recorded on
- michaelb Recorded by
Additional information
- Less than 10cm Plant height
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