purslane
Portulaca oleracea
Purslane
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Weed Characteristics
| Other names: | little-hogweed, common purslane, akulikuli-kula, duckweed, pursley, pusley, wild portulaca, little hogweed, garden purslane, pigweed |
| Leaf type: | Broadleaf |
| Flowers: | Yellow |
Low, mat-forming plant with succulent stems and fleshy, paddle-shaped leaves. Stems are often tinged maroon. Flowers just 4 weeks after emerging as a seedling.
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Taxonomic data last retrieved March 30, 2012, from the Integrated Taxonomic Information System on-line database, http://www.itis.gov.
Taxonomic data last retrieved March 30, 2012, from the Integrated Taxonomic Information System on-line database, http://www.itis.gov.