naturalizedPortulacaceae
Portulaca oleracea
Common Purslane
Naturalized (non-native)non-native
Introduced and now reproducing on its own in the wild.
Portulaca oleracea (common purslane, also known as verdolaga, little hogweed, red root, or pursley is an annual succulent in the family Portulacaceae, which may reach 40 centimetres (16 in) in height.
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Seasonality
20 flowering · 27 fruiting annotations · iNaturalist · fetched Jul 2026
■ flowering (peak April)■ fruiting (peak March)
This is an inference, not a schedule. The curve reflects when observers annotated flowering and fruiting — which tracks observer effort as well as plant behavior, and pools all elevations and islands into one signal. Hawaiʻi’s microclimates vary enormously; a species may fruit in January at sea level and June at elevation. Use this to know when to look, then look.
Gallery · 11 · iNaturalist
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Where documented · 97 ahupuaʻa
documented occurrences · iNaturalist + GBIF · iNaturalist 191 · GBIF 277 records
Waikīkī · OʻahuiNat 45 · GBIF 66 ✓
Maunalua · OʻahuiNat 12 · GBIF 18 ✓
Honolulu · OʻahuiNat 16 · GBIF 12 ✓
Lanihau 1-2, Moeauo · HawaiʻiiNat 7 · GBIF 11 ✓
Kailua · OʻahuiNat 3 · GBIF 10 ✓
Kalaoa 1-5 · HawaiʻiiNat 6 · GBIF 5 ✓
Honouliuli · OʻahuiNat 2 · GBIF 9 ✓
Moanalua · OʻahuiNat 4 · GBIF 6 ✓
Pāʻā · KauaʻiiNat 3 · GBIF 5 ✓
Kāneʻohe · OʻahuiNat 3 · GBIF 5 ✓
Hāmākuapoko · MauiiNat 3 · GBIF 4 ✓
Waimea, Waikoloa · HawaiʻiiNat 4 · GBIF 3 ✓
Kalawao · MolokaʻiiNat 3 · GBIF 3 ✓
Waiawa · OʻahuiNat 2 · GBIF 4 ✓
Kamāʻoa, Puʻuʻeo, Ke · HawaiʻiiNat 2 · GBIF 4 ✓
Keālia · KauaʻiiNat 2 · GBIF 4 ✓
Kaʻena · OʻahuiNat 1 · GBIF 4 ✓
Kōloa · KauaʻiiNat 2 · GBIF 3 ✓
Kalauao · OʻahuiNat 3 · GBIF 2 ✓
Waipiʻo · OʻahuiNat 3 · GBIF 2 ✓
Keawaʻula · OʻahuiNat 3 · GBIF 2 ✓
Kalihi · OʻahuiNat 2 · GBIF 3 ✓
Keauhou 1 · HawaiʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 4 ✓
Waimānalo · OʻahuiNat 1 · GBIF 3 ✓
Puʻukawaiwai, Panoluʻukia · HawaiʻiiNat 2 · GBIF 2 ✓
Waimalu · OʻahuiNat 2 · GBIF 2 ✓
Kaloko · HawaiʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 3 ✓
Kohanaiki · HawaiʻiiNat 2 · GBIF 2 ✓
Kealakekua, Kīloa 1 · HawaiʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 3 ✓
Kamananui · OʻahuiNat 1 · GBIF 3 ✓
Keahuolū · HawaiʻiiNat 2 · GBIF 2 ✓
Kawaihae 2 · HawaiʻiiNat 2 · GBIF 1 ✓
Hanamāʻulu · KauaʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 2 ✓
Malama 1 · HawaiʻiiNat 2 · GBIF 1 ✓
ʻOʻoma 1 · HawaiʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 2 ✓
Paunau · MauiiNat 2 · GBIF 1 ✓
Kahuku · OʻahuiNat 2 · GBIF 1 ✓
Punaluʻu · HawaiʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 2 ✓
Wailua · KauaʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 2 ✓
Wailuku · MauiiNat 1 · GBIF 2 ✓
Waiākea · HawaiʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 2 ✓
Puaʻa 2-3, Waiʻaha 1 · HawaiʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 2 ✓
Kūkiʻo, Maniniʻōwali · HawaiʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Anahola · KauaʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Weliweli · KauaʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Keʻekeʻe 1-2, Kanakau · HawaiʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Kahakuloa · MauiiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Keauohana, Kehena · HawaiʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Lālāmilo, Keanuʻiʻomanō · HawaiʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Moaliʻi · MauiiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Kawaipapa · MauiiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Kualoa 1 · OʻahuiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Paeahu · MauiiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Waiʻanae · OʻahuiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
East Honomāʻele · MauiiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Hōlualoa 1-2 · HawaiʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Ohanaula · HawaiʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Kapaʻa · KauaʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Kapālama · OʻahuiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Hōʻaeʻae · OʻahuiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Waipouli · KauaʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Paʻalaʻa · OʻahuiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
N/A · KahoʻolaweiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Kamoku · LānaʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Hāliʻimaile · MauiiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
ʻEleʻele · KauaʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Kaluako‘i · MolokaʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Hōnaunau · HawaiʻiGBIF 2
North Olohena · KauaʻiiNat 1
Waimea · KauaʻiiNat 1
Wahikuli · MauiiNat 1
Kēōkea · HawaiʻiiNat 1
Kaunakakai · MolokaʻiiNat 1
Pūpūkea · OʻahuiNat 1
Honokōwai · MauiiNat 1
Honokalani · MauiGBIF 1
Hakipuʻu · OʻahuGBIF 1
Honokōhau 1-3 · HawaiʻiGBIF 1
Waiau · OʻahuGBIF 1
Lāʻiemaloʻo · OʻahuGBIF 1
Honolua · MauiGBIF 1
Waiakoa · MauiGBIF 1
Heʻeia · OʻahuGBIF 1
ʻAlaeiki · MauiGBIF 1
Kawaihae 1 · HawaiʻiGBIF 1
Honolulu · HawaiʻiGBIF 1
Moloaʻa · KauaʻiGBIF 1
Punaluʻu · OʻahuGBIF 1
ʻĀpua · HawaiʻiGBIF 1
Kahana · OʻahuGBIF 1
Pololū · HawaiʻiGBIF 1
Nānākuli · OʻahuGBIF 1
ʻŌuli · HawaiʻiGBIF 1