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Portulaca filamentosa Haw.
Misc. Nat. 142 1803.
Family: PORTULACACEAE

Accepted Scientific Name: Anacampseros filamentosa (Haw.) Sims
Bot. Mag. 33: t. 1367 1811

Portulaca filamentosa (Anacampseros filamentosa) Photo by: Giuseppe Distefano

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Accepted name in llifle Database:
Anacampseros filamentosa (Haw.) Sims
Bot. Mag. 33: t. 1367 1811
Synonymy: 6 Accepted name in llifle Database:
Anacampseros filamentosa subs. namaquensis (H.Pearson & Stephens) G.D.Rowley
Bradleya 12: 110 1994
Synonymy: 4 Accepted name in llifle Database:
Anacampseros filamentosa subs. tomentosa (A.Berger) Gerbaulet
Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 113: 540 1992
Synonymy: 8
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Common Names include:
ENGLISH: Thready Anacampseros, Thready Talinum, Hare 's Food, Rabbit's foot, Rabbit's Food
AFRIKAANS (Afrikaans): Haas- kost, Haaskos

Subspecies, varieties, forms and cultivars of plants belonging to the Anacampseros filamentosa group

  • Anacampseros filamentosa (Haw.) Sims: (subsp. filamentosa) has the South African distribution is much-branched and densely-leaved, the small leaves ovate to round, often with truncated tips, and covered with white threads, bristles numerous.
  • Anacampseros filamentosa subs. namaquensis (H.Pearson & Stephens) G.D.Rowley: has bristles shorter than the leaves, whereas in subsp. filamentosa they are longer than the leaves. Richtersveld southwards to the Tanqua Karoo.
  • Anacampseros filamentosa subs. tomentosa (A.Berger) Gerbaulet: applies to the Namibian plants. Apart from a difference in seed-type they are identical and not readily distinguishable from subsp. filamentosa, if not for the geographical provenance.

23338 carolina Carolina González
Portulaca filamentosa (Anacampseros filamentosa) Photo by: Carolina González
19611 giuseppe2 Giuseppe Distefano
Portulaca filamentosa (Anacampseros filamentosa) Photo by: Giuseppe Distefano

19108 valentino Valentino Vallicelli
Young seedling. (Anacampseros filamentosa) Photo by: Valentino Vallicelli
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