Key to Portulaca

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(For a list of species in Portulaca, use the above link.)

Jepson Manual glossary definitions can be seen by moving your cursor over words underlined with dots.

1. Leaf 

axil 

Distal, adaxial angle between an appendage or branch and a main axis (e.g., between leaf and stem, or between lateral vein and midrib on a leaf).

 hairs many, > 1 mm; leaves ± 

linear 

Elongate, with nearly parallel sides; narrower than elliptic or oblong.

, ± 

cylindric 

Elongate, with parallel sides and, at any point, round in transverse section.

; sepals not keeled ..... P. halimoides

1' Leaf axil hairs few, < 1 mm; leaves obovate to spoon-shaped, flat; sepals keeled ..... P. oleracea

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