Index / Search / Portulaca oleracea
§1 Plant
Portulaca oleracea L.
vernacular little hogweed — species · Portulacaceae
§2Habit & range
Habit and range
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Duration
- Annual
- Group
- Dicot
- Family
- Portulacaceae Dumort.
- Genus
- Portulaca
§2a
Native status, by region
- CAN Canada Introduced
- HI Hawaii Introduced
- L48 Lower 48 States Introduced
- NAV Navassa Island Introduced
- PB Pacific Basin (except Hawaii) Introduced
- PR Puerto Rico Introduced
- VI U.S. Virgin Islands Introduced
§2b
County-level range
· 1,101 counties across 48 states/territories§3Cultivation
No cultivation specs.
USDA has not characterised this taxon. Roughly four out of five plants in the database lack the detailed cultivation record present here — typically because they have not been the focus of NRCS Plant Materials work. Range and distribution data are unaffected.
§4Counties, by state
Recorded in 1,101 counties across 48 states/territories.
Alabama view state ↗ 3 B ▾
Arizona view state ↗ 12 B ▾
Arkansas view state ↗ 23 B ▾
- Arkansas 05001
- Ashley 05003
- Baxter 05005
- Benton 05007
- Boone 05009
- Chicot 05017
- Clark 05019
- Cleburne 05023
- Faulkner 05045
- Franklin 05047
- Independence 05063
- Izard 05065
- Jefferson 05069
- Lincoln 05079
- Logan 05083
- Mississippi 05093
- Monroe 05095
- Montgomery 05097
- Newton 05101
- Polk 05113
- Stone 05137
- Union 05139
- Washington 05143
California view state ↗ 39 B ▾
- Alameda 06001
- Butte 06007
- Calaveras 06009
- Glenn 06021
- Humboldt 06023
- Inyo 06027
- Kern 06029
- Lake 06033
- Los Angeles 06037
- Madera 06039
- Marin 06041
- Merced 06047
- Modoc 06049
- Monterey 06053
- Napa 06055
- Nevada 06057
- Orange 06059
- Plumas 06063
- Riverside 06065
- Sacramento 06067
- San Bernardino 06071
- San Diego 06073
- San Francisco 06075
- San Joaquin 06077
- San Luis Obispo 06079
- San Mateo 06081
- Santa Barbara 06083
- Santa Clara 06085
- Santa Cruz 06087
- Shasta 06089
- Siskiyou 06093
- Solano 06095
- Sonoma 06097
- Stanislaus 06099
- Tehama 06103
- Trinity 06105
- Tuolumne 06109
- Ventura 06111
- Yolo 06113
Colorado view state ↗ 17 B ▾
Delaware view state ↗ 1 B ▾
District of Columbia view state ↗ 1 B ▾
Florida view state ↗ 33 B ▾
- Alachua 12001
- Brevard 12009
- Broward 12011
- Calhoun 12013
- Charlotte 12015
- Clay 12019
- Collier 12021
- Duval 12031
- Escambia 12033
- Flagler 12035
- Franklin 12037
- Hendry 12051
- Hernando 12053
- Indian River 12061
- Lake 12069
- Lee 12071
- Leon 12073
- Levy 12075
- Manatee 12081
- Marion 12083
- Martin 12085
- Miami-Dade 12086
- Monroe 12087
- Okaloosa 12091
- Orange 12095
- Osceola 12097
- Palm Beach 12099
- Pinellas 12103
- Polk 12105
- Putnam 12107
- Santa Rosa 12113
- Volusia 12127
- Wakulla 12129
Georgia view state ↗ 6 B ▾
Hawaii view state ↗ 4 I ▾
Idaho view state ↗ 12 B ▾
Illinois view state ↗ 102 B ▾
- Adams 17001
- Alexander 17003
- Bond 17005
- Boone 17007
- Brown 17009
- Bureau 17011
- Calhoun 17013
- Carroll 17015
- Cass 17017
- Champaign 17019
- Christian 17021
- Clark 17023
- Clay 17025
- Clinton 17027
- Coles 17029
- Cook 17031
- Crawford 17033
- Cumberland 17035
- De Witt 17039
- DeKalb 17037
- Douglas 17041
- DuPage 17043
- Edgar 17045
- Edwards 17047
- Effingham 17049
- Fayette 17051
- Ford 17053
- Franklin 17055
- Fulton 17057
- Gallatin 17059
- Greene 17061
- Grundy 17063
- Hamilton 17065
- Hancock 17067
- Hardin 17069
- Henderson 17071
- Henry 17073
- Iroquois 17075
- Jackson 17077
- Jasper 17079
- Jefferson 17081
- Jersey 17083
- Jo Daviess 17085
- Johnson 17087
- Kane 17089
- Kankakee 17091
- Kendall 17093
- Knox 17095
- Lake 17097
- LaSalle 17099
- Lawrence 17101
- Lee 17103
- Livingston 17105
- Logan 17107
- Macon 17115
- Macoupin 17117
- Madison 17119
- Marion 17121
- Marshall 17123
- Mason 17125
- Massac 17127
- McDonough 17109
- McHenry 17111
- McLean 17113
- Menard 17129
- Mercer 17131
- Monroe 17133
- Montgomery 17135
- Morgan 17137
- Moultrie 17139
- Ogle 17141
- Peoria 17143
- Perry 17145
- Piatt 17147
- Pike 17149
- Pope 17151
- Pulaski 17153
- Putnam 17155
- Randolph 17157
- Richland 17159
- Rock Island 17161
- Saline 17165
- Sangamon 17167
- Schuyler 17169
- Scott 17171
- Shelby 17173
- St. Clair 17163
- Stark 17175
- Stephenson 17177
- Tazewell 17179
- Union 17181
- Vermilion 17183
- Wabash 17185
- Warren 17187
- Washington 17189
- Wayne 17191
- White 17193
- Whiteside 17195
- Will 17197
- Williamson 17199
- Winnebago 17201
- Woodford 17203
Indiana view state ↗ 26 B ▾
- Allen 18003
- Boone 18011
- Carroll 18015
- Clark 18019
- Crawford 18025
- Floyd 18043
- Fountain 18045
- Harrison 18061
- Jackson 18071
- Jasper 18073
- Jefferson 18077
- Kosciusko 18085
- Lawrence 18093
- Marion 18097
- Monroe 18105
- Montgomery 18107
- Newton 18111
- Noble 18113
- Perry 18123
- Posey 18129
- Starke 18149
- Steuben 18151
- Switzerland 18155
- Wabash 18169
- Wayne 18177
- White 18181
Iowa view state ↗ 11 B ▾
Kansas view state ↗ 80 B ▾
- Allen 20001
- Anderson 20003
- Atchison 20005
- Barton 20009
- Bourbon 20011
- Brown 20013
- Butler 20015
- Chautauqua 20019
- Cherokee 20021
- Cheyenne 20023
- Clark 20025
- Clay 20027
- Cloud 20029
- Coffey 20031
- Comanche 20033
- Cowley 20035
- Crawford 20037
- Dickinson 20041
- Doniphan 20043
- Douglas 20045
- Edwards 20047
- Elk 20049
- Ellis 20051
- Ellsworth 20053
- Ford 20057
- Franklin 20059
- Geary 20061
- Graham 20065
- Gray 20069
- Greenwood 20073
- Hamilton 20075
- Harper 20077
- Harvey 20079
- Hodgeman 20083
- Jackson 20085
- Jefferson 20087
- Jewell 20089
- Johnson 20091
- Kearny 20093
- Kingman 20095
- Kiowa 20097
- Labette 20099
- Leavenworth 20103
- Lincoln 20105
- Linn 20107
- Logan 20109
- Lyon 20111
- Marshall 20117
- McPherson 20113
- Meade 20119
- Miami 20121
- Mitchell 20123
- Montgomery 20125
- Morris 20127
- Morton 20129
- Nemaha 20131
- Neosho 20133
- Osage 20139
- Osborne 20141
- Ottawa 20143
- Phillips 20147
- Pottawatomie 20149
- Pratt 20151
- Reno 20155
- Republic 20157
- Rice 20159
- Riley 20161
- Saline 20169
- Sedgwick 20173
- Seward 20175
- Shawnee 20177
- Sheridan 20179
- Smith 20183
- Stafford 20185
- Sumner 20191
- Wabaunsee 20197
- Washington 20201
- Wilson 20205
- Woodson 20207
- Wyandotte 20209
Kentucky view state ↗ 37 B ▾
- Allen 21003
- Boone 21015
- Bourbon 21017
- Bracken 21023
- Bullitt 21029
- Calloway 21035
- Campbell 21037
- Carroll 21041
- Edmonson 21061
- Fayette 21067
- Floyd 21071
- Franklin 21073
- Fulton 21075
- Gallatin 21077
- Grant 21081
- Hardin 21093
- Harlan 21095
- Harrison 21097
- Henry 21103
- Jefferson 21111
- Kenton 21117
- Letcher 21133
- Lewis 21135
- Livingston 21139
- Madison 21151
- Marshall 21157
- McLean 21149
- Meade 21163
- Montgomery 21173
- Oldham 21185
- Owen 21187
- Pendleton 21191
- Perry 21193
- Pike 21195
- Rowan 21205
- Scott 21209
- Warren 21227
Louisiana view state ↗ 50 B ▾
- Acadia 22001
- Allen 22003
- Assumption 22007
- Avoyelles 22009
- Bossier 22015
- Caddo 22017
- Calcasieu 22019
- Caldwell 22021
- Cameron 22023
- Catahoula 22025
- Claiborne 22027
- Concordia 22029
- De Soto 22031
- East Baton Rouge 22033
- East Carroll 22035
- East Feliciana 22037
- Evangeline 22039
- Franklin 22041
- Iberia 22045
- Iberville 22047
- Jefferson 22051
- Lafayette 22055
- Lafourche 22057
- LaSalle 22059
- Lincoln 22061
- Madison 22065
- Morehouse 22067
- Natchitoches 22069
- Orleans 22071
- Ouachita 22073
- Rapides 22079
- Richland 22083
- Sabine 22085
- St. Bernard 22087
- St. Charles 22089
- St. James 22093
- St. John the Baptist 22095
- St. Martin 22099
- St. Mary 22101
- Tangipahoa 22105
- Tensas 22107
- Terrebonne 22109
- Union 22111
- Vermilion 22113
- Vernon 22115
- Washington 22117
- West Baton Rouge 22121
- West Carroll 22123
- West Feliciana 22125
- Winn 22127
Maine view state ↗ 11 B ▾
Massachusetts view state ↗ 14 B ▾
Michigan view state ↗ 24 B ▾
- Alpena 26007
- Baraga 26013
- Benzie 26019
- Berrien 26021
- Cass 26027
- Charlevoix 26029
- Cheboygan 26031
- Clinton 26037
- Eaton 26045
- Emmet 26047
- Houghton 26061
- Ingham 26065
- Iosco 26069
- Kalamazoo 26077
- Kent 26081
- Leelanau 26089
- Livingston 26093
- Oakland 26125
- Saginaw 26145
- Schoolcraft 26153
- Shiawassee 26155
- St. Clair 26147
- Washtenaw 26161
- Wayne 26163
Minnesota view state ↗ 35 B ▾
- Anoka 27003
- Becker 27005
- Benton 27009
- Big Stone 27011
- Blue Earth 27013
- Carlton 27017
- Cass 27021
- Chippewa 27023
- Clay 27027
- Crow Wing 27035
- Dakota 27037
- Douglas 27041
- Goodhue 27049
- Hennepin 27053
- Houston 27055
- Hubbard 27057
- Isanti 27059
- Kittson 27069
- Koochiching 27071
- Lac qui Parle 27073
- Morrison 27097
- Nicollet 27103
- Otter Tail 27111
- Pipestone 27117
- Polk 27119
- Redwood 27127
- Roseau 27135
- St. Louis 27137
- Stevens 27149
- Todd 27153
- Traverse 27155
- Wabasha 27157
- Washington 27163
- Wilkin 27167
- Yellow Medicine 27173
Mississippi view state ↗ 12 B ▾
Missouri view state ↗ 44 B ▾
- Adair 29001
- Andrew 29003
- Audrain 29007
- Benton 29015
- Boone 29019
- Camden 29029
- Cape Girardeau 29031
- Cass 29037
- Christian 29043
- Clay 29047
- Cole 29051
- Dallas 29059
- Dent 29065
- Douglas 29067
- Franklin 29071
- Harrison 29081
- Howell 29091
- Jackson 29095
- Jasper 29097
- Jefferson 29099
- Johnson 29101
- Laclede 29105
- Lafayette 29107
- Lawrence 29109
- Lincoln 29113
- Livingston 29117
- Madison 29123
- Mississippi 29133
- Monroe 29137
- Newton 29145
- Nodaway 29147
- Ozark 29153
- Phelps 29161
- Pike 29163
- Putnam 29171
- Randolph 29175
- Ray 29177
- Scott 29201
- Shannon 29203
- St. Charles 29183
- St. Clair 29185
- St. Louis 29189
- Taney 29213
- Warren 29219
Montana view state ↗ 32 B ▾
- Beaverhead 30001
- Big Horn 30003
- Blaine 30005
- Carter 30011
- Cascade 30013
- Dawson 30021
- Fergus 30027
- Flathead 30029
- Gallatin 30031
- Garfield 30033
- Glacier 30035
- Hill 30041
- Jefferson 30043
- Judith Basin 30045
- Lake 30047
- Lewis and Clark 30049
- Madison 30057
- Meagher 30059
- Missoula 30063
- Park 30067
- Phillips 30071
- Pondera 30073
- Powell 30077
- Prairie 30079
- Ravalli 30081
- Roosevelt 30085
- Sanders 30089
- Stillwater 30095
- Teton 30099
- Toole 30101
- Valley 30105
- Yellowstone 30111
Nebraska view state ↗ 11 B ▾
Nevada view state ↗ 9 B ▾
New Hampshire view state ↗ 10 B ▾
New Jersey view state ↗ 13 B ▾
New Mexico view state ↗ 11 B ▾
New York view state ↗ 25 B ▾
- Albany 36001
- Bronx 36005
- Cattaraugus 36009
- Clinton 36019
- Delaware 36025
- Erie 36029
- Kings 36047
- Nassau 36059
- New York 36061
- Onondaga 36067
- Orange 36071
- Oswego 36075
- Putnam 36079
- Queens 36081
- Rensselaer 36083
- Richmond 36085
- Rockland 36087
- St. Lawrence 36089
- Suffolk 36103
- Tioga 36107
- Tompkins 36109
- Ulster 36111
- Warren 36113
- Washington 36115
- Westchester 36119
North Carolina view state ↗ 32 B ▾
- Anson 37007
- Ashe 37009
- Beaufort 37013
- Brunswick 37019
- Caldwell 37027
- Carteret 37031
- Davidson 37057
- Forsyth 37067
- Graham 37075
- Greene 37079
- Halifax 37083
- Haywood 37087
- Hoke 37093
- Hyde 37095
- Lenoir 37107
- Madison 37115
- Mitchell 37121
- New Hanover 37129
- Orange 37135
- Person 37145
- Pitt 37147
- Robeson 37155
- Stokes 37169
- Swain 37173
- Tyrrell 37177
- Union 37179
- Vance 37181
- Warren 37185
- Wayne 37191
- Wilkes 37193
- Yadkin 37197
- Yancey 37199
North Dakota view state ↗ 22 B ▾
Ohio view state ↗ 30 B ▾
- Allen 39003
- Ashland 39005
- Ashtabula 39007
- Athens 39009
- Auglaize 39011
- Carroll 39019
- Champaign 39021
- Clinton 39027
- Coshocton 39031
- Cuyahoga 39035
- Fayette 39047
- Geauga 39055
- Guernsey 39059
- Hamilton 39061
- Harrison 39067
- Holmes 39075
- Huron 39077
- Jackson 39079
- Jefferson 39081
- Knox 39083
- Lorain 39093
- Portage 39133
- Richland 39139
- Sandusky 39143
- Stark 39151
- Summit 39153
- Trumbull 39155
- Tuscarawas 39157
- Vinton 39163
- Wayne 39169
Oklahoma view state ↗ 12 B ▾
Oregon view state ↗ 22 B ▾
Pennsylvania view state ↗ 38 B ▾
- Adams 42001
- Allegheny 42003
- Armstrong 42005
- Beaver 42007
- Bedford 42009
- Berks 42011
- Blair 42013
- Bucks 42017
- Cambria 42021
- Centre 42027
- Chester 42029
- Columbia 42037
- Crawford 42039
- Dauphin 42043
- Delaware 42045
- Erie 42049
- Forest 42053
- Franklin 42055
- Fulton 42057
- Huntingdon 42061
- Lackawanna 42069
- Lancaster 42071
- Lebanon 42075
- Mercer 42085
- Mifflin 42087
- Montgomery 42091
- Northampton 42095
- Perry 42099
- Philadelphia 42101
- Snyder 42109
- Somerset 42111
- Tioga 42117
- Union 42119
- Venango 42121
- Warren 42123
- Washington 42125
- Westmoreland 42129
- York 42133
Rhode Island view state ↗ 1 B ▾
South Carolina view state ↗ 7 B ▾
South Dakota view state ↗ 10 B ▾
Tennessee view state ↗ 18 B ▾
Texas view state ↗ 40 B ▾
- Aransas 48007
- Armstrong 48011
- Bailey 48017
- Brazos 48041
- Brewster 48043
- Calhoun 48057
- Cameron 48061
- Colorado 48089
- Culberson 48109
- Dallam 48111
- Deaf Smith 48117
- Ector 48135
- Edwards 48137
- Ellis 48139
- Garza 48169
- Gregg 48183
- Harris 48201
- Hartley 48205
- Henderson 48213
- Hidalgo 48215
- Hockley 48219
- Hudspeth 48229
- Jeff Davis 48243
- Kenedy 48261
- Mason 48319
- McLennan 48309
- Nueces 48355
- Orange 48361
- Pecos 48371
- Presidio 48377
- Randall 48381
- Robertson 48395
- Sabine 48403
- San Augustine 48405
- San Patricio 48409
- Starr 48427
- Sutton 48435
- Travis 48453
- Val Verde 48465
- Williamson 48491
Utah view state ↗ 10 B ▾
Vermont view state ↗ 9 B ▾
Virginia view state ↗ 53 B ▾
- Accomack 51001
- Albemarle 51003
- Amherst 51009
- Arlington 51013
- Augusta 51015
- Brunswick 51025
- Campbell 51031
- Carroll 51035
- Charlotte 51037
- Chesapeake (city) 51550
- Chesterfield 51041
- Clarke 51043
- Culpeper 51047
- Cumberland 51049
- Dinwiddie 51053
- Fairfax 51059
- Fauquier 51061
- Frederick 51069
- Giles 51071
- Gloucester 51073
- Grayson 51077
- Greene 51079
- Hanover 51085
- Henrico 51087
- Highland 51091
- James City 51095
- King William 51101
- Loudoun 51107
- Lunenburg 51111
- Mathews 51115
- New Kent 51127
- Newport News (city) 51700
- Northampton 51131
- Nottoway 51135
- Orange 51137
- Page 51139
- Powhatan 51145
- Prince Edward 51147
- Prince William 51153
- Richmond 51159
- Roanoke 51161
- Rockingham 51165
- Russell 51167
- Scott 51169
- Shenandoah 51171
- Smyth 51173
- Southampton 51175
- Suffolk (city) 51800
- Surry 51181
- Tazewell 51185
- Warren 51187
- Westmoreland 51193
- Wythe 51197
Washington view state ↗ 24 B ▾
- Asotin 53003
- Chelan 53007
- Columbia 53013
- Cowlitz 53015
- Ferry 53019
- Garfield 53023
- Grant 53025
- Grays Harbor 53027
- King 53033
- Kitsap 53035
- Klickitat 53039
- Lincoln 53043
- Mason 53045
- Okanogan 53047
- Pacific 53049
- Skagit 53057
- Snohomish 53061
- Spokane 53063
- Stevens 53065
- Thurston 53067
- Wahkiakum 53069
- Walla Walla 53071
- Whatcom 53073
- Whitman 53075
West Virginia view state ↗ 13 B ▾
Wisconsin view state ↗ 39 B ▾
- Bayfield 55007
- Brown 55009
- Buffalo 55011
- Burnett 55013
- Columbia 55021
- Crawford 55023
- Dane 55025
- Douglas 55031
- Eau Claire 55035
- Grant 55043
- Green Lake 55047
- Iowa 55049
- Jackson 55053
- Jefferson 55055
- Kenosha 55059
- La Crosse 55063
- Lafayette 55065
- Lincoln 55069
- Marinette 55075
- Menominee 55078
- Milwaukee 55079
- Oconto 55083
- Ozaukee 55089
- Pierce 55093
- Polk 55095
- Portage 55097
- Price 55099
- Racine 55101
- Richland 55103
- Rock 55105
- Sauk 55111
- Trempealeau 55121
- Vernon 55123
- Walworth 55127
- Washburn 55129
- Waukesha 55133
- Waupaca 55135
- Waushara 55137
- Winnebago 55139
§5Sources & provenance
USDA PLANTS
Symbol, taxonomy, distribution, cultivation specs, native status. Public domain.
plants.usda.gov/POOL ↗GBIF Backbone
Canonical taxonomic identity, synonym resolution, cross-refs. CC0.
gbif.org/species/3084719 ↗Record version
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