Species profile—Portulaca oleracea (pigweed)
Classification
Plantae (plants) → Equisetopsida (land plants) → Portulacaceae → Portulaca oleracea (pigweed)
Sighting data
Species details
- Kingdom
- Plantae (plants)
- Class
- Equisetopsida (land plants)
- Family
- Portulacaceae
- Scientific name
- Portulaca oleracea L.
- Common name
- pigweed
- WildNet taxon ID
- 16359
- Alternate name(s)
- purslane
munyeroo
common pigweed
red pigweed
neverdie - Conservation significant
- No
- Confidential
- No
- Endemicity
- Introduced
- Pest status
- Environmental Weed
Other resources
Data source
This profile data is sourced from the QLD Wildlife Data API using the Get species by ID function used under CC-By 4.0.
https://apps.des.qld.gov.au/species/?op=getspeciesbyid&taxonid=16359.
This information is sourced from the WildNet database managed by the Queensland Department of Environment and Science.
