Seed Plants, Ferns, Fern Allies of the Austin Region 27 



Phytolacca decandra L. Poke-berry. Poke-weed. 

 Common in the river flood plain. 

 Widespread in the eastern United States. 



ALLIONIACEAE (NYCTAGINACEAE) Four-o'clock Family 



Allionia albida Walt. Umbrella-wort. 

 Roadsides, etc. 

 Southeastern states. 



Allionia nyctaginea Michx. Umbrella-wort. 

 Dry ground. Roadsides, etc. 

 Plains and prairie states. 



Boerhaavia decumbens Vahl. 

 Dry ground. Roadsides, etc. 

 Gulf states and Mexico. 



Boerhaavia erecta L. 



Dry ground, roadsides, etc. 



Gulf states, Mexico and the tropics. 



Mirabilis Jalapa L. Four o'clock. 

 In waste places and cultivated soil. 

 Central and South America to Texas. 



TETRAGONIACEAE (AIZOACEAE) Carpet-weed Family 



Mollugo verticillata L. Carpet-weed. Indian Chickweed. 

 Cultivated ground and waste places. 



PORTULACACEAE Purslane Family 



Claytonia virginica L. Spring Beauty. 



Moist shaded ground at the base of bluffs on Onion Creek. A low 

 plant with fleshy linear leaves from a tuber-like corm. The flowers 

 are a light pink, delicately veined with a darker shade. 



Eastern states. 



Portulaca lanceolata Engelm. 



Occasional here. Found in the Asylum grounds and near Barton 

 Creek. Easily recognized by the crowned capsule. 



From Texas to Arizona. 



Portulaca oleracea L. Pursley. 



Cultivated ground. Ramsey's Nurseries, etc. 



South America and almost throughout North America. 



