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Created 8/10/2013

Family Portulacaceae

HAWAII - ENDEMIC

Portulaca villosa   


P. sclerocarpa (R)
   

HAIRY PURSLANE     'IHI

Rare in dry rocky coastal lowlands from the island of Hawaii to Nihoa, excluding Kaua'i & Ni'ihau.  Flower varies from white to pink, 2cm diameter.  Seed capsules are papery, not shell-like as in Portulaca sclerocarpa.  Highly endangered & endemic to Hawaii.

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