Taxonomy: Fam. Portulacaceae// Genus: Portulaca// Species: Portulaca oleracea L.
Determined according to the botanical key provided by Micevski (1995) and Walters (1964 in Tutin et al.).
Lifeform: Annual plant. Therophyte according to the Raunkiær system.
Distribution: Native to Macaronesia, Tropical Africa, Mediterranean to Pakistan and Arabian Peninsula according to the distribution information provided by the Plants of the World Online portal (Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew).
Habitat: A ruderal plant- common and widespread weed on sandy soil and disturbed ground- in and near cultivated land, alongside roads, urban and suburban areas.
Flowering period: Summer to fall (JUN, JUL, AUG, SEP).
References:
Micevski, K. 1995. Portulaca, L. The Flora of the Republic of Macedonia Vol. I, Book 3. Macedonian Academy of Sciences and Arts, pp. 435–436.
Portulaca oleracea L. Plants of the World Online portal, Royal Botanic Gardens,Kew. http://www.plantsoftheworldonline.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:323270-2 [Accessed 16.08.2021].
Portulaca oleracea. Uotila, P. 2011+: Portulacaceae. – In: Euro+Med PlantBase – the information resource for Euro-Mediterranean plant diversity. Published at https://europlusmed.org/ https://europlusmed.org/cdm_dataportal/taxon/3e8d6632-8b5e-4283-a1ad-15c42121c80c [Accessed 27.03.2026].
Walters S. M. 1964. Portulaca L. In Tutin, T. G., Heywood, V. H., Burges, N. A., Moore, D. M., Valentine, D. H., Walters, S. M. & Webb, D. A. (eds.), Flora Europaea. Volume 1. Lycopodiaceae to Platanaceae. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, p. 114.
Last update: 27.03.2026.