Portulaca confertifolia
Silk Cotton Purslane
Portulaca halimoides
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- Botanical name
- Portulaca halimoides
- Also known as
- Silk Cotton Purslane
- Family
- Portulacaceae
- Genus
- Portulaca
- Reference
- World Flora Online
How to grow Silk Cotton Purslane
We have not written a growing guide for this species yet.
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Other names for this plant
These names have all been used for Portulaca halimoides but are no longer the accepted name. You may still meet them on old labels, in books, or in nursery catalogues.
Portulaca halimoides var. brasiliensis
Portulaca halimoides var. brevipilosa
Portulaca haughtii
Portulaca martinicensis
Portulaca minutiflora
Portulaca parvula
Portulaca stipata
Portulaca ulei
Others in Portulaca
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