Portulaca oleracea
Purslane
Family Portulacaceae
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Use
Salad, cooked vegetable, pickled or flour. The stems and leaves can either be added to a salad or boiled for 10 minutes. The stems can be pickled. The seeds can be made into a nutritious flour.
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Description
Growth Form: Herbaceous plant and a flower. Grows prostrate or hugging the ground.
Leaves: Small, light-green succulent leaves. Grow in whorls Paddle shaped.
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Leaves
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Whole Plant
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Flowers: Stalkless flower that opens with the sun. Five petals each.
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Habitat and Range
Waste areas and sandy soils. Across Eastern United States
Season
Stems and leaves harvested in the summer. Late summer for seeds.
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Fun Facts
Purslane is very high in iron, Vitamin A, Vitamin C, calcium, and phosphorus.
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