Portulacaceae
Chickenweed
Portulaca quadrifida
- Family
- Portulacaceae
- Genus
- Portulaca
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Common names
By language (6)
- Afrikaans
- Porselein, Wilde porselein
- Arabic
- الرجلة
- Chinese
- 四瓣馬齒莧, 四瓣马齿苋, 四裂马齿苋, 小马齿苋
- English
- Chickenweed, Chickenweed purslane, Wild purslane
- Kannada
- ಪೋರ್ಟುಲಾಕಾ ಕ್ವಾಡ್ರಿಫಿಡಾ
- sg
- Ndekêlendê
Synonyms
- Meridiana elliptica Poir.
- Meridiana quadrifida Poir.
- Portulaca formosana Poelln.
- Portulaca meridiana L.f.
- Portulaca microphylla A.Rich.
- Portulaca quadrifida var. formosana Hayata
- Portulaca walteriana Poelln.
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Annual
- In the US and Canada
- Puerto Rico: introduced, U.S. Virgin Islands: introduced
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: Krzysztof Ziarnek, Kenraiz, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Krzysztof Ziarnek, Kenraiz, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Krzysztof Ziarnek, Kenraiz, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Krzysztof Ziarnek, Kenraiz, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Krzysztof Ziarnek, Kenraiz, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Krzysztof Ziarnek, Kenraiz, 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); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.