Portulaca Oleracea

Scientific Name: Portulaca oleracea

Common Name: little hogweed

Symbol: POOL

Category: Dicot

Genus: Portulaca

Family: Portulacaceae

Family Common Name: Purslane family

Order: Caryophyllales

Class: Magnoliopsida

Subkingdom: Tracheobionta

Kingdom: Plantae

Duration: Annual

Growth Habit: Forb/herb

Native Status: L48 (I), HI (I), PR (I), VI (I), CAN (N)

State Noxious: AZ (PNW, RGNW)

Edible: unknown

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Scientific Name: Portulaca oleracea

Common Name(s): Purslane

Edible: yes

Medicinal: no

Parts Used: root, stem, fruit, leaf

Logos 13 Aug, 2008	Description: This plant grows close to the ground. It is seldom more than a few centimeters tall. Its stems and leaves are fleshy and often tinged with red. It has paddleshaped leaves, 2.5 centimeter or less long, clustered at the tips of the stems. Its flowers are yellow or pink. Its seeds are tiny and black.
Current Rating: 0.0000

Logos 13 Aug, 2008	Habitat and Distribution: It grows in full sun in cultivated fields, field margins, and other weedy areas throughout the world.
Current Rating: 0.0000

Logos 13 Aug, 2008	Edible Parts: All parts are edible. Wash and boil the plants for a tasty vegetable or eat them raw. Use the seeds as a flour substitute or eat them raw.
Current Rating: 0.0000

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