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Wingpod Purslane
Wingpod Purslane
Portulaca umbraticola
Plantae
UNCOMMON

Stats

Lifespan
Perennial
Size
Small
Diet
Photosynthetic
Biome
Arid scrubland
Range
The Americas
Movement
Sessile
Breeding
Seeds
Defense
Toxins
Status
Uncommon

About

The wingpod purslane is a succulent that grows in dry, sun-drenched soil. Its seed capsules split open at the middle to release hundreds of tiny black seeds.

Life cycle

  1. 1.
    seed
    A dormant seed waits for water and warmth before germinating.
  2. 2.
    sprout
    A first shoot emerges with cotyledon leaves and a tap root reaching down.
  3. 3.
    sapling
    A young plant grows true leaves and a stem or trunk, putting on height each season.
  4. 4.
    mature
    Fully grown, flowering or fruiting at adult size.

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Taxonomy

Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Magnoliopsida
Order
Caryophyllales
Family
Portulacaceae
Genus
Portulaca
Species
Portulaca umbraticola