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Portulaca oleracea


Portulaca oleracea 
Family: Portulacaceae
Common Purslane
Origin: Tropical Asia

Fleshy stems and leaves, they are one of the very few annual succulents. They tolerate heat and drought.

A Purslane cultivar grown as a vegetable. There are a number of cultivars, some rose pink, red, yellow, white, and orange flowers.