Hypanthium present in a few genera. Fruit a capsule or achene. The family includes many colorful ornamentals, wildflowers and numerous weedy species. Magnoliophyta, Magnoliopsida, Caryophyllidae, Caryophyllales Portulacaceae-The Purslane Family Montia, Claytonia, Lewisia, Portulaca Cosmopolitan family of 20 genera and 500 species with its greatest diversity in North America and Africa. Inflorescence of solitary flowers or variously cymose, racemose or headlike.
Flowers perfect, regular.
Petals 5, distinct or basally connate. Fruit a capsule. Several members of the family are cultivated for the eauty of their flowers. The common Portulaca oleracea is sometimes grown as a pot herb. Magnoliophyta, Magnoliopsida, Caryophyliidae, Caryophyllales Chenopodiaceae-The Goosefoot Family Chenopodium, Atriplex, Salicornia, Salsola 100 genera and 1500 species of temperate and subtropical areas.