| Author | L. | |
| Distribution | Throughout the state, with some gaps that will shrink with additional collecting. First collected in 1931 on the campus of UNC Chapel Hill, Orange County.
Native of Europe; in N.A. throughout the U.S. and southern Canada. | |
| Abundance | Frequent throughout, can be locally common. | |
| Habitat | Mostly in highly disturbed habitats: roadsides, fields, cropfields, waste places, railroads, campus weed, garden weed, greenhouse weed, river and creek banks. Also more natural places, such as granitic outcrops, maritime sandflats, and beaches. It can be a problem on some granitic flatrocks, where it can outcompete native species. | |
| Phenology | Flowering and fruiting nearly throughout the year. | |
| Identification | The plants are prostrate to somewhat ascending. The flowers are dull to medium yellow, and the leaves are obovate, both characters unlike our other species of Portulaca. | |
| Taxonomic Comments | Danin and Anderson (1986) and Weakley (2018) recognize taxon nicaraguensis as native in maritime environments of FL; the NC plants of the Outer Banks may belong here.
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| State Rank | SE | |
| Global Rank | GU | |
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| USACE-agcp | FACU link |
| USACE-emp | FAC link |
