Purslane
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Purslane may refer to:
- PortulacaceaePortulacaceaePortulacaceae are a family of flowering plants, comprising about 20 genera with about 500 species, ranging from herbaceous plants to shrubs. 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...
, a family of succulent flowering plants, and especially:- Portulaca oleracea, a species of Portulaca eaten as a vegetable and considered a weed, known as summer purslane
- Claytonia perfoliataClaytonia perfoliataClaytonia perfoliata is a fleshy annual plant native to the western mountain and coastal regions of North America from southernmost Alaska and central British Columbia south to Central America, but most common in California in the Sacramento and northern San...
, Miner's lettuce or winter purslane - Claytonia sibiricaClaytonia sibiricaClaytonia sibirica is a flowering plant in the family Portulacaceae, native to Siberia and western North America. A synonym is Montia sibirica...
, pink purslane - Halimione portulacoidesHalimione portulacoidesHalimione portulacoides or sea purslane is a small greyish-green shrub widely distributed in temperate Eurasia and parts of Africa. A halophyte, it is found in salt marshes and coastal dunes, and is usually flooded at high tide....
, sea purslane - Portulaca grandiflora, moss rose, or moss-rose purslane