Plants of the Castlemaine District

Pink Purslane - native (Calandrina calyptrata)

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Family: Portulacaceae. (Purslane family).

Native.

Scattered. It may be locally abundant.

Identification:

Name. Calandrina: after Jean-Louis Calandrini, 1703-1758, a Swiss botanist.

Photos 1: Kamarooka. 2: Strangways, growing in eucalypt woodland. 3: Mt Alexander.
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