A topic dedicated to the Portulacaceae family ( comon name Purslane family).

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http://www.efloras.org/florata...
http://plants.usda.gov/java/Cl...

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Portulaca pilosa

Common name : Kiss Me Quick; Chisme;

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/P...
http://www.efloras.org/browse....
http://plants.usda.gov/java/pr...


Location: Victoria, Victoria Co, Tx; - Date: 2012-08(August)-27

Flower:

Habit: Leaves: linear

Seeds are formed in a tiny capsule , which opens when the seeds are mature

Location: Victoria, Victoria Co, Tx; - Date: 2012-09(September)-02 (same location like above)

One plant and details






(in the last picture above, the ruler is in millimeters (metric system) - 1 inch = 25.4 mm )

Another plant with many flowers

Note: The soil where I found the plants, is sandy soil.

I love this plant! A few months ago I spotted some in a crack of the parking lot pavement at the bank across the street. I pulled it up and potted it, mostly sand. Glad I did because about a week later, they repaved the lot.

It probably should go in the ground for winter, but where to put a 3" tall plant? I've only ever seen them in cracks in the pavement and really love seeing what a bigger, healthy patch looks like. Would you have a picture showing more of the area where you found this growing? I love your pics, btw. It's not easy to get good pics of this tiny native, great job!