Wingpod purslane (Portulaca umbraticola)

Wingpod purslane, a reference photo — Photo: Dinesh Valke from Thane, India · CC BY-SA 2.0 (licence)

Portulaca umbraticola, also known as the wingpod purslane, is an annual or short-lived perennial succulent in the genus of flowering plants Portulaca. Native to the New World, it is now found as a garden plant in the Old World due to its ornamental nature.

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Is it poisonous?

We have no record of Wingpod purslane being toxic, poisonous or venomous. That is not proof that it is safe. Never eat, touch or handle a wild plant, mushroom or animal on the strength of an identification; ask someone qualified.

Easily confused with

Portulaca cryptopetala
Portulaca amilis
Portulaca obtusa

Classification

Kingdom: Plantae
Phylum: Tracheophyta
Class: Magnoliopsida
Order: Caryophyllales
Family: Portulacaceae
Genus: Portulaca
Species: Portulaca umbraticola

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