BISH 170882Botany

Portulaca oleracea

As recorded: Portulaca oleracea L.

Plantae › Tracheophyta › Magnoliopsida › Caryophyllales › Portulacaceae

Collected by: Wilder, G.P.
Collector number: 931
Date: March 21, 1929
Locality: open roadway
Island: Rarotonga
Region: Cook Islands
Elevation: 15 m
Identified by: Geesink, R.
Record type: Preserved specimen

310 Bishop specimens of Portulaca oleracea · collected 1901–2019Species page ›

Collected the same day

On March 21, 1929, Wilder, G.P. also collected 24+ other specimens.

Portulaca oleracea observed alive

This specimen was collected in 1929. Since 2000, iNaturalist observers have recorded 50,259 research-grade sightings in the wild, most recently on 2026-10-27.

2026-10-27

Grand Junction

(c) kmbryan21, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

2026-10-27

Budapest, Vigadó tér, 1056 Ungarn

(c) Martin A. Prinz, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

2026-10-27

Route de Laviale, Flagnac, Occitanie, FR

(c) marvin_abn, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

2026-10-27

Trévoux, France

(c) Benjamin Monod-Broca, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

2026-10-26

Τοπική Κοινότητα Τραχήλας, Greece

(c) Stella T. (Sitronella), some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

2026-10-26

Central Pkwy, Montgomery, AL, US

(c) pcharris, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

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Cite this specimen

Portulaca oleracea. BISH 170882. Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum, Honolulu. GBIF occurrence 5956460260. Accessed via explore.bishopmuseum.org/specimens/bish/170882.

Record sources

GBIF occurrence 5956460260 ↗
Data license: CC_BY_NC_4_0
Last harvested October 26, 2026