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Portulaca pilosa (chisme; kiss-me-quick; kiss me quick)

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Wikipedia Abstract

Portulaca pilosa is a species of flowering plant in the purslane family, Portulacaceae, that is native to the Americas. Its common names include kiss-me-quick and hairy pigweed. Its range extends from the southern United States and the Caribbean as far south as Brazil.It is a succulent with linear leaves and pink flowers.
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Infraspecies

Portulaca pilosa decipiens
Portulaca pilosa f. pilosa
Portulaca pilosa f. rubra
Portulaca pilosa lakhonensis
Portulaca pilosa pilosa
Portulaca pilosa sundaensis
Portulaca pilosa var. tuberosa
Portulaca pilosa villosa (hairy purslane) (Attributes)

Attributes

Lifespan [1]  Annual/Perennial
Structure [2]  Herb

Protected Areas

Predators

Hypolimnas misippus (The mimic)[3]
Maconellicoccus hirsutus (pink hibiscus mealybug)[4]

External References

USDA Plant Profile

NatureServe Explorer

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1USDA Plants Database, U. S. Department of Agriculture
♦ 2Kattge, J. et al. (2011b) TRY - a global database of plant traits Global Change Biology 17:2905-2935
♦ 3Jorrit H. Poelen, James D. Simons and Chris J. Mungall. (2014). Global Biotic Interactions: An open infrastructure to share and analyze species-interaction datasets. Ecological Informatics.
♦ 4Ben-Dov, Y., Miller, D.R. & Gibson, G.A.P. ScaleNet 4 November 2009
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Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0