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Trianthema portulacastrum L.
Horse purslane

Trianthema portulacastrum
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Family: Aizoaceae

Group: Dicot

Perennation: Annual

Habit: Herb

Substrate: Terrestrial

Native Status: Native

Native Range: The West Indies, United States, Mexico, Central America, South America and the Old World.

Map of Locations [currently Florida only]

History in the Bahamas: Not listed in Britton & Millspaugh (1920). Reported by Correll & Correll (1982: 508, 510-511, with illustrations) for disturbed areas in the Turks and Caicos Islands.

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Trianthema portulacastrum
Copyright by: Forest & Kim Starr
Trianthema portulacastrum
Copyright by: Forest & Kim Starr