purslane

Portulaca oleracea

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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.