Common Name: common purslane, wild portulaca, pursley, pusley
Scientific Name: Portulaca oleracea L.
Family Name: Portulacaceae - Purslane Family

Identification Notes:

life cycle - annual, reproducing by seed and stem segments can root

stems - prostrate, often ends upturning, smooth, branching, succulent, often red, mat forming growth habit 1, growth habit 2, stems, seedling

leaves - alternate (densely arranged may appear opposite), oval to wedge-shaped, narrower at base, smooth, succulent, very shiny leaves

flowers - 5-petaled, yellow ; solitary, axillary or terminal clusters; opening when sunny flowers

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