Portulaca umbraticola
Portulaca umbraticola
Native to Arkansas (estimated). How scores work Is it native here?
Profile 47%
- Soil moisture
- Somewhat dry to moist
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At a glance
Not yet recorded · Height · Spread · Light · Life cycle · Leaves · Bloom
This plant is missing most of its facts, so Quercus is looking them up in old botany books.
Recorded in 1 Arkansas county.
Who uses this plant?
17CaterpillarsGenus host records with ranges including AR
Genus host records with ranges including AR · Portulaca
- Aetole bellaBeautiful Sunspur
- Agrotis ipsilonIpsilon Dart, Black Cutworm, Greasy Cutworm
- Agrotis malefidaRascal Dart, Pale-Sided Cut-Worm, Shagreened Cut-Worm
- Anarta trifoliiThe Nutmeg, Clover Cutworm
- Anicla infectaGreen Cutworm Moth
- Euptoieta claudiaVariegated Fritillary, (?)Gulf Fritillary
- Euxoa messoriaReaper Dart, Darksided Cutworm, Dark-Sided Cutworm
- Hellula rogatalisCabbage Webworm
- Hyles lineataWhite-Lined Sphinx
- Hyphantria cuneaFall Webworm
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- Nomophila nearcticaLucerne Moth, American Celery Webworm
- Platynota stultanaOmnivorous Leafroller
- Spodoptera eridaniaSouthern Armyworm Moth
- Spodoptera frugiperdaFall Armyworm Moth
- Spodoptera latifasciaOrange-Striped Armyworm, Velvet Armyworm Moth
- Spoladea recurvalisHawaiian Beet Webworm
- Coleophora texanella
7BeesSoutheastern regional records
Southeastern regional records · Portulaca
Individual names are not available yet.
Noori, Seltmann & Orr 2026, A curated and integrated dataset for exploring global bee-plant interactions (GloBI), Zenodo, CC BY 4.0
0Specialist beesPollen specialists
7BirdsRecorded genus food-resource interactions; not a state feeding claim
Recorded genus food-resource interactions; not a state feeding claim · Portulaca
- Acanthis flammeaCommon Redpoll
- Calcarius lapponicusLapland Longspur
- Cyrtonyx montezumaeMontezuma Quail
- Junco hyemalisDark-eyed Junco
- Meleagris gallopavoWild Turkey
- Plectrophenax nivalisSnow Bunting
- Zonotrichia leucophrysWhite-crowned Sparrow
Direct food only: birds recorded eating this genus across North America. Caterpillars on host plants also feed nesting birds. NC Native Plant Society: butterfly gardening
No records yet · Ants · Beetles · Flies · Adult butterflies / moths · Other wasps · Other insects
Plant details
- Family
- PORTULACACEAE
What its natural habitat tells you
Safety has not been reviewed for this plant; check toxicity and thorns before planting.
Conservation status
| Arkansas rank | SNR |
|---|---|
| Global rank | G5 |
| AR status | Not verified |
| Federal status | Not verified |
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Sources
- USDA PLANTS
- Arkansas occurrence source
- Shropshire & Tallamy 2025, Lepidoptera of North America north of Mexico, ZooKeys 1261 (ODbL)
- Noori, Seltmann & Orr 2026, A curated and integrated dataset for exploring global bee-plant interactions (GloBI), Zenodo, CC BY 4.0
- Smith, Bachelder, Russell, Morales, Mosher & Seltmann 2024, Bee-Specialization-Modeling v0.6.1 (specialist host table compiled from J. Fowler's pollen specialist bee lists), Zenodo, CC BY 4.0
- Hurlbert, Olsen, Sawyer & Winner 2021, Avian Diet Database, Scientific Data 8: 260 (CC0)
- Narango, Tallamy & Shropshire 2020, Few keystone plant genera support the majority of Lepidoptera species, Nature Communications