ID	ModifiedOn	Contributors	InformalClassification	Family	TaxonID	TaxonName	SeeAlso	NameRank	Hybrid	TerminalTaxon	Excluded	Peripheral	Waif	Endemic	Extirpated	OriginCode	Origin	Distribution	Voucher	Comments
3711	2018-05-02 22:04:00		Vascular Plants: Dicots	Portulacaceae	106408	Portulaca		genus		N	N	N	N	N	N	I	Introduced			
3712	2024-01-27 11:58:58		Vascular Plants: Dicots	Portulacaceae	106419	Portulaca oleracea		species		Y	N	N	N	N	N	I	Introduced from Europe	Occurring on both sides of the Cascades crest in Washington;	{"Herbarium":"WTU"}	FNA4: "A. P. Simopoulos and N. Salem Jr. (1986) and A. P. Simopoulos et al. (1992) have shown Portulaca oleracea to have the highest content of omega-3 fatty acids and antioxidants of any green leafy vegetable examined to date, suggesting that common purslane should be considered for its nutritional value and not for its weediness. It has long been used as fodder and may have been present in the New World in pre-Columbian times (R. Byrne and J. H. McAndrews 1975). Currently, it is fed to poultry to reduce egg cholesterol.<br><br>Portulaca oleracea is a highly variable species with worldwide distribution in temperate to warm regions and is the most winter-hardy of all the portulacas. It is a very aggressive weed, one of the ten most noxious weeds worldwide (J. S. Singh and K. P. Singh 1967). As such, many variants have been named (C. D. Legrand 1962) based on seed surface differences, size of seeds, or on variable characters of growth habit, leaf length, and number of stamens. Seven subspecies were recognized by A. Danin et al. (1978): subsp. oleracea, subsp. impolita Danin & H. G. Baker, subsp. granulatostellulata Danin & H. G. Baker, subsp. nicaraguensis Danin & H. G. Baker, subsp. nitida Danin & H. G. Baker, subsp. papillatostellulata Danin & H. G. Baker, and subsp. stellata Danin & H. G. Baker."
3713	2012-08-07 14:55:00	Alex Harkness	Vascular Plants: Dicots	Portulacaceae	106447	Portulacaceae	Montiaceae	family		N	N	N	N	N	N	I	Introduced			Taxonomy follows the narrow circumscription of Nyffeler and Eggli 2010.
