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Family Portulacaceae

HAWAII - INDIGENOUS

Portulaca lutea   

Popoi'a Island, Kailua, Oahu

 

 

Cultivated, Waimanalo, Oahu

YELLOW COASTAL PORTULACA      'IHI

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