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(First upload on September 15 2008. Last on September 25 2021) [ 日本語 | English ]

Portulaca oleracea L.






Mount Usu / Sarobetsu post-mined peatland
From left: Crater basin in 1986 and 2006. Cottongrass / Daylily

Portulaca L. (スベリヒユ)
Suberihiyu (スベリヒユ, 滑ヒユ), common purslane
Life form: weedy annual/perennial
Distribution: a widespread weed in cool to tropical regions, while this plant could be used as wild vegetable
Habitat: sunny sites, e.g., crop field, waste ground, roadside verge

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Photosynthetic type: C4 with CAM (crassulacean acid metabolism)
Chromosome number: 2n = 18, 36 or 54
Use: food containing ω-3 fatty acid
var. sativa (Haw.) DC. (タチスベリヒユ/オオスベリヒユ), cultivated (erect)
Hybrid:

P. oleracea L. × P. pilosa L. ssp. grandiflora (Hook.) R. Geesin (ハナスベリヒユ)

索引

Portulaca oleracea in Hokkaido


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[1] a parking lot along a radoside at East Ward in the city of Sapporo on August 30, 2008. [2/3] along a roadside of N26/E1, East Ward, Sapporo, on July 18 2012.

Mount Usu

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[1] close to a fumarole in Nishiyama Craters on August 27 2021.

var. sativa

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[1/2] under a street tree along a paved road in N16/W4, North Ward, Sapporo, on August 15 2017.

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