Trianthema portulacastrum

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endangered perennial medicinal 2024 1977

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Home Plants magnoliophyta magnoliopsida caryophyllales aizoaceae trianthema Trianthema portulacastrum

1753

desert horse purslane

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Trianthema portulacastrum is a species of flowering plant in the ice plant family known by the common names desert horsepurslane, black pigweed, and giant pigweed. It is native to areas of several continents, including Africa and North and South America, and present as an introduced species in many other areas. It grows in a wide variety of habitat types and it can easily take hold in disturbed areas and cultivated land as a weed. This species is a host plant for the beet leafhopper (Circulifer tenellus)....read more on Wikipedia.

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