Aizoaceae
Desert horse-purslane
Trianthema portulacastrum
- Family
- Aizoaceae
- Genus
- Trianthema
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Common names
By language (13)
- Chinese
- 假海馬齒, 假海马齿, 似马齿苋, 沙漠似马齿苋
- dag
- Vavayi
- English
- Desert horse-purslane, Desert horsepurslane, Horse purslane, Desert horse purslane
- Hausa
- Harshen rago
- Japanese
- スベリヒユモドキ
- lah
- اٹ سٹ
- Malayalam
- വെള്ളത്തഴുതാമ
- Marathi
- वसु
- pam
- Pitsunpitsunan
- Persian
- خرفهسا
- Punjabi
- ਇਟਸਿੱਟ
- Spanish
- Verdolaga blanca, Verdolaga de cochi, Verdolago de cochi
- Urdu
- اٹ سٹ
Synonyms
- Portulacastrum monogynum Medik.
- Tetragonia chisimajensis Chiov.
- Trianthema flexuosum Schumach. & Thonn.
- Trianthema monanthogyna L.
- Trianthema monogynum L.
- Trianthema obcordatum Roxb.
- Trianthema procumbens Mill.
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Annual, Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Hawaii: introduced, Lower 48 states: native, Puerto Rico: native, U.S. Virgin Islands: native
Photos
Photo: Graham Racher, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Forest & Kim Starr, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Anatas, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Forest & Kim Starr, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Abdallah Gazibo, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Forest & Kim Starr, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Hemanth Kumar, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Forest & Kim Starr, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Traveling neuro, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Forest & Kim Starr, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: farooqarham29, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Forest & Kim Starr, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
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- Trianthema kimberleyiAizoaceae
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.