Historical Common Names of Great Plains Plants:

Portulaca oleracea L.

Origin: native

Scientific Synonyms: Portulaca neglecta Mackenzie & Bush, Portulaca oleracea L. ssp. granulatostellulata (Poelln.) Danin & Baker, Portulaca oleracea L. ssp. impolita Danin & Baker, Portulaca oleracea L. ssp. nicaraguensis Danin & Baker, Portulaca oleracea L. ssp. nitida Danin & Baker, Portulaca oleracea L. ssp. papillatostellulata Danin & Baker, Portulaca oleracea L. ssp. stellata Danin & Baker, Portulaca retusa Engelm.

Common names:

Andrache (1886, Greek) (110)

Andrachen (322 BC, Theophrastus, Dioscorides) (107)

Cholza (1886, Persian) (110)

Common purslane (1870-1986) (3, 4, 15, 38, 103, 138, 155)

Garden purslane (1876-1917) (57, 92)

Khursa or koursa (1886, Hindustani) (110)

Kourfa kara-or (1886, Arabic and Tartar) (110)

Kreusel (1886, German) (110)

Kurj-noha (1886, Bohemian) (110)

Kurza noka (1886, Polish) (110)

Little hogweed (Present) (50)

Lonica or lounia (1886, Sanskrit) (110)

Notched purslane (1907-1923) (5, 72, 156)

Parsley (1932, SD) (85)

Pigweed (1913-1923, misapplied) (5, 156)

Portulaca (1770) (41)

Portulaca (Latin) (110)

Purselin (1879) (46)

Purselyn (1617) (46)

Purslane [Purslain] (1605-1937) (5, 10, 19, 41, 62, 72, 76, 80, 82, 85, 92, 93, 95, 97, 107 (1605), 110, 131, 145, 156, 157, 158)

Pursley (1876-1929) (76, 92, 131, 157, 158)

Pusley [Pussley] (1892-1936, probably corruption of purslane) (5, 62, 73, 76, 80, 93, 122, 156, 158)

Schrucha (1886, Russian) (110)

Western purslane (1913-1923) (5, 156)

Western pusley (1937, TX) (122)