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Updated 7/2/2014

Family Portulacaceae

HAWAII - INDIGENOUS

Portulaca lutea   

Popoi'a Island, Kailua, Oahu

 

 

Cultivated, Waimanalo, Oahu

 


Kamilo, Hawaii

YELLOW COASTAL PORTULACA      'Ihi

Uncommon along isolated rocky shores.  Differs from the alien Portulaca oleracea in having gray bark on old sections & large flowers with petals 12mm long.  Indigenous to Hawaii & the Tropical Pacific.