An illustrated flora of the northern United States, Canada and the British possessions : from Newfoundland to the parallel of the southern boundary of Virginia and from the Atlantic Ocean westward to the 102nd meridian; 2nd ed. . 3. Portulaca pilosa L. Hairy 1747. Portulaca pilosa L. Sp. PI. 445. 1753. Annual, spreading or ascending from a deep root,more or less densely pilose-pubescent, with smalltufts of light-colored hairs in the axils of the 2-6 long; leaves linear, terete, obtuse, 4-8long, about l wide, alternate, and clustered at theends of the branches; se
An illustrated flora of the northern United States, Canada and the British possessions : from Newfoundland to the parallel of the southern boundary of Virginia and from the Atlantic Ocean westward to the 102nd meridian; 2nd ed. . 3. Portulaca pilosa L. Hairy 1747. Portulaca pilosa L. Sp. PI. 445. 1753. Annual, spreading or ascending from a deep root,more or less densely pilose-pubescent, with smalltufts of light-colored hairs in the axils of the 2-6 long; leaves linear, terete, obtuse, 4-8long, about l wide, alternate, and clustered at theends of the branches; sepals oblong acute, membra-nous, not carinate, deciduous with the operculum of thecapsule; flowers red, 4-6 broad; stamens numerous;style S-6-parted; seeds minutely tuberculate. In dry soil. North Carolina to Florida. Missouri, Kansas,Texas and Mexico. Also in tropical America. Summer. Genus 6 PURSLANE I»24. 4. Portulaca grandiflora Hook. Garden Portu-laca or Purslane. Sun-plant. Fig. 1748. Portulaca grandiflora Hook. Bot. Mag. pi. 38S5. 1829. Ascending or spreading, sometimes densely pilose,but often with but a few scattered hairs and tufts ofothers in the axils. Branches 6-12 long; leaves alter-nate, and clustered at the ends of the branches, terete,I-i long, about i wide; flowers i-2 broad, pink,yellow, red, or white, very showy, open in sunshineonly; sepals broad, obtuse, scarioiis-margined; petalsobovate; capsule ovoid; seeds gray, shining. In waste places, occasionally escaped from from South America. Summer. Cultivated ina large number of forms differing in color and size of flow-ers. Rose- or Kentucky-moss. Showy portulaca. Frenchpussley. Wax-pinks. Mexican rose. Family 22,. ALSINACEAE ^^ahI. Fl. Suec. 2: LXXR. CmCKWEED F.\MILY. Annual or perennial herbs with opposite entire leaves, estipulate or stipulate,and mostly small perfect flowers, solitary or in
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