Characteristics
Dicots
Portulaca oleracea L.
LITTLE HOGWEED
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Though sometimes considered non-native, the available evidence of its pre-Columbian presence in the Americas (Gray & Trumbull 1883a, 1883b:138; Byrne & McAndrews 1975) favors its classification as native. Among leaves, it has one of the richest known sources of a-linolenic acid, an omega-3 fatty acid (Simopoulos & Salem 1986; Omara-Alwala et al. 1991; Simopoulos et al. 1992; Liu et al. 2000).
Native
FACU (NWPL)
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Classification
Citation
PORTULACA OLERACEA Linnaeus, Sp. Pl. 445. 1753.
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Without data, Loefling s.n. (lectotype: LINN 625.1). Lectotypified by Geesink, Blumea 17: 292. 1969.
Species Distribution Map
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