Status: Native
Synonyms:
None
Portulaca suffrutescens is a much branched small herb with short terete leaves. The flowers are orange. The fruit is a circumscissile capsule containg many tuberculate (bumpy) seeds. Portulaca suffrutescens is found in gardens and disturbed areas at middle elevation.
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Portulaca suffrutescens, photo Russ Kleinman, Burro Mtns., WD Ranch Road, Aug. 12, 2008
Portulaca suffrutescens, being pollinated, photo Russ Kleinman, Burro Mtns., WD Ranch Road, Aug. 12, 2008
Portulaca suffrutescens, capsule with lid already gone in center and a capsule still with lid just above it, photo Russ Kleinman, Burro Mtns., Bill Evans Lake, October 31, 2009
Portulaca suffrutescens, tuberculate seeds from inside capsule, photo Russ Kleinman, Burro Mtns., Bill Evans Lake, October 31, 2009
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