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Common purslane

Portulaca oleracea

50Records since 2000
AugustPeak month
7Counties with records
Least ConcernIUCN Red List

When it is recorded

Jan0
Feb0
Mar0
Apr0
May0
Jun2
Jul9
Aug14
Sep14
Oct5
Nov0
Dec0

GBIF records by month, 2000–2025 (all years combined).

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Surrey England7
2Brighton and Hove England7
3Portsmouth England3
4Cambridgeshire England2
5Kent England1
6East Riding of Yorkshire England1
7Devon England1
38 England

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 7 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
50
Peak month
August
Counties with records
7
IUCN Red List
Least Concern
Scientific name
Portulaca oleracea
Group
Flowering plants
NBN Atlas records since 2000
254
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Magnoliopsida
Order
Caryophyllales
Family
Portulacaceae
Genus
Portulaca
Name with authority
Portulaca oleracea L.

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q158015 · GBIF 3084719