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Portulaca minuta Correll
Tiny purslane

Portulaca minuta
Copyright by: Roger L. Hammer, Big Pine Key, Monroe County, FL, USA

Family: Portulacaceae

Group: Dicot

Substrate: Terrestrial

Habit: Herb

Perennation: Perennial

Native Range: Florida Keys and the Bahamas, and possibly elsewhere.

Map of select IRC data for peninsular Florida

IRC SOUTH FLORIDA Status: Critically Imperiled

SOUTH FLORIDA Occurrence: Present

SOUTH FLORIDA Native Status: Native

South Florida History and Distribution: Not listed in Rare Plants of South Florida (Gann et al. 2002). Discovered in 2013 by Keith A. Bradley and Chad Anderson in the National Key Deer Refuge on Big Pine Key (2725 USF), it is also present on Lower Sugarloaf Key and No Name Key (RL Hammer, email comm. 2022).

SOUTH FLORIDA Cultivated Status: Not Cultivated

Other data on Portulaca minuta available from :

Portulaca minuta has been found in the following conservation area :
Occurrence Native Status
National Key Deer Refuge Present Native

Portulaca minuta has been found in the following county :
Occurrence Native Status
Monroe County (Keys) Native


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Portulaca minuta
Copyright by: Roger L. Hammer, Big Pine Key, Monroe County, FL, USA