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Halimione pedunculata, the pedunculate sea-purslane, [1] is an annual plant occurring on salty sandy grounds along the seashore. It grows with a standing herbaceous stem up to 30 cm high. It grows with a standing herbaceous stem up to 30 cm high.
Portulaca quadrifida, known as pusley, wild purslane, chicken weed (or chickenweed), single‑flowered purslane, small‑leaved purslane and 10 o'clock plant, is a species of flowering plant in the genus Portulaca, possibly native to Africa, but certainly widespread over the Old World Tropics, and introduced elsewhere. [2]
The tiny seeds [5] are formed in a pod that opens when the seeds mature. Purslane has a taproot with fibrous secondary roots and can tolerate poor soil and drought. [6] The fruits are many-seeded capsules. The seed set is considerable; one plant can develop up to 193,000 seeds.
The family has been recognised by most taxonomists, and is also known as the purslane family. It has a cosmopolitan distribution , with the highest diversity in semiarid regions of the Southern Hemisphere in Africa , Australia , and South America , but with a few species also extending north into Arctic regions.
Rumicastrum calyptratum (synonym Calandrinia calyptrata), the pink purslane or small-leaved parakeelya, is an annual plant in the family Montiaceae. It is endemic to Australia. [1] The species occurs in Western Australia, South Australia, Victoria, Queensland, Tasmania, and New South Wales. [1] [2]
Portulaca grandiflora is a succulent flowering plant in the purslane family Portulacaceae, native to southern Brazil, Argentina, and Uruguay and often cultivated in gardens. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] It has many common names , including rose moss , [ 4 ] eleven o'clock , [ 3 ] Mexican rose , [ 3 ] moss rose , [ 3 ] sun rose , [ 5 ] table rose , [ citation ...
Trianthema portulacastrum is a species of flowering plant in the ice plant family known by the common names desert horsepurslane, [1] black pigweed, and giant pigweed. [2] It is native to areas of several continents, including Africa and North and South America, and present as an introduced species in many other areas.
Talinum fruticosum is a herbaceous perennial plant that is native to Mexico, the Caribbean, West Africa, Central America, and much of South America.Common names include Ceylon spinach, [2] waterleaf, cariru, Gbure, Surinam purslane, Philippine spinach, Florida spinach, potherb fameflower, Lagos bologi, sweetheart, and Kutu bataw in Ghana from the Akan language [1] It is widely grown in ...