BISH 403845Botany

Portulaca pilosa

shaggy portulaca

As recorded: Portulaca australis Endl.

Plantae › Tracheophyta › Magnoliopsida › Caryophyllales › Portulacaceae

Collected by: Clegern, R.W.
Collector number: 166
Date: September 1, 1973
Locality: Enderbury Island
Island: Enderbury Islands
Region: Kiribati
Identified by: Fosberg, F.R.
Record type: Preserved specimen

304 Bishop specimens of Portulaca pilosa · collected 1864–2021Species page ›

Collected the same day

On September 1, 1973, Clegern, R.W. also collected 24+ other specimens.

Portulaca pilosa observed alive

This specimen was collected in 1973. Since 2000, iNaturalist observers have recorded 10,862 research-grade sightings in the wild, most recently on 2026-10-26.

2026-10-26

Painted Bunting Trail, Spring Branch, TX, US

(c) Jane Weeden, some rights reserved (CC BY)

2026-10-26

Provincial Highway 39, Xinhua District, Tainan City, TW

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

2026-10-25

733台灣臺南市東山區

(c) garlice99, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

2026-10-25

112台灣臺北市北投區稻香里

(c) 李成華, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

2026-10-24

23209 B.C.S., México

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2026-10-24

La Paz, MX-BS, MX

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

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Cite this specimen

Portulaca pilosa. BISH 403845. Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum, Honolulu. GBIF occurrence 5956296872. Accessed via explore.bishopmuseum.org/specimens/bish/403845.

Record sources

GBIF occurrence 5956296872 ↗
Data license: CC_BY_NC_4_0
Last harvested October 26, 2026