Portulacaceae
Pursley
Portulaca obtusa
- Family
- Portulacaceae
- Genus
- Portulaca
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Common names
By language (6)
- Afrikaans
- Kanniedood, Porselein
- English
- Pursley, Wild purslane
- Southern Sotho
- Solele
- ss
- Amalenyane
- Xhosa
- Amalenjani, Myeyane
- Zulu
- Amalenjane
Synonyms
- Portulaca obtusa var. hauthalii Poelln.
Flowers
- In flower
- January to April (from 36 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
Photos
Photo: SAplants, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: SAplants, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: SAplants, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: SAplants, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: SAplants, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: SAplants, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: SAplants, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: SAplants, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: SAplants, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: SAplants, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: SAplants, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.