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Portulaca oleracea (common purslane, also known as little hogweed, or pursley) [2] is an annual (actually tropical perennial in USDA growing zones 10–11) succulent in the family Portulacaceae. Description
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.
Common purslane (Portulaca oleracea) is widely consumed as an edible plant, and in some areas it is invasive. Portulaca grandiflora is a well-known ornamental garden plant. Purslanes are relished by chickens. Some Portulaca species are used as food plants by the larvae of some Lepidoptera species including the nutmeg moth (Hadula trifolii).
Portulaca lutea, the native yellow purslane, is a species of Portulaca that is indigenous to all of the main islands of Hawaii except for Kaua'i and is widespread throughout the Pacific Islands. [ 1 ]
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]
Portulaca halimoides is a species of purslane known by the common name silkcotton purslane. It is native to the deserts of the southwestern United States and northern Mexico, as well as parts of Central and South America. It is a fleshy annual herb producing a branching stem spreading to a maximum length around 25 centimeters.
Portulaca oleracea subsp. sativa also known as golden purslane is one of few subspecies of Portulaca oleracea (common purslane). [1] [2] Description.
Calandrinia is a genus of flowering plants known as purslanes and redmaids.It includes 37 species of annual and perennial herbs which bear colorful flowers in shades of red to purple and white.