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Portulaca oleracea L.

common purslane (Portulacaceae)

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Portulaca oleracea is a creeping, fleshy plant, with yellow flowers and seeds borne in dry cup-shaped capsule.

Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany; 2022-09-05

 common purslane / Portulaca oleracea: _Portulaca oleracea_ is a creeping, fleshy plant, with yellow flowers and seeds borne in dry cup-shaped capsule.

An upright form with less fleshy leaves (Portulaca oleracea subsp. sativa) is occasionally grown as a leaf vegetable.

Longborough (VC33: East Gloucestershire); 2018-09-25

 common purslane / Portulaca oleracea: An upright form with less fleshy leaves (_Portulaca oleracea_ subsp. _sativa_) is occasionally grown as a leaf vegetable.

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