BISH 170916Botany

Portulaca lutea

Native Yellow Purslane

As recorded: Portulaca lutea Sol. ex G.Forst.

Plantae › Tracheophyta › Magnoliopsida › Caryophyllales › Portulacaceae

Collected by: Bergman, H.F.
Collector number: 4
Date: August 1, 1924
Locality: on N part of island
Island: Kiritimati (=Christmas Island)
Region: Kiribati
Identified by: Geesink, R.
Record type: Preserved specimen

341 Bishop specimens of Portulaca lutea · collected 1896–2020Species page ›

Collected the same day

On August 1, 1924, Bergman, H.F. also collected 24+ other specimens.

Portulaca lutea observed alive

This specimen was collected in 1924. Since 2000, iNaturalist observers have recorded 16 research-grade sightings in the wild, most recently on 2026-08-18.

2026-08-18

Togo Chasm Sea Track, Niue, NU

(c) nick_goldwater, some rights reserved (CC BY)

2026-04-15

Maui County, US-HI, US

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

2026-02-28

Hawaii, US

(c) Neal Kelso, some rights reserved (CC BY)

2026-02-28

Hawaii, US

(c) Neal Kelso, some rights reserved (CC BY)

2024-05-25

Hawaii, US

(c) Daniel Ward, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

2024-01-11

Hawaii, US

(c) Kellen Apuna, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

Observations and photos from iNaturalist, shown only when openly licensed.

Cite this specimen

Portulaca lutea. BISH 170916. Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum, Honolulu. GBIF occurrence 5956519387. Accessed via explore.bishopmuseum.org/specimens/bish/170916.

Record sources

GBIF occurrence 5956519387 ↗
Data license: CC_BY_NC_4_0
Last harvested October 26, 2026