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Purslane is a common name for several mostly unrelated plants with edible leaves and may refer to:

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<i>Portulaca oleracea</i> Annual succulent in the family Portulacaceae

Portulaca oleracea is an annual succulent in the family Portulacaceae, which may reach 40 cm (16 in) in height. Approximately forty cultivars are currently grown.

<i>Portulaca</i> Genus of flowering plants

Portulaca (, is the type genus of the flowering plant family Portulacaceae, with over 100 species, found in the tropics and warm temperate regions. They are known as the purslanes.

<i>Claytonia perfoliata</i> Species of flowering plant in the family Montiaceae

Claytonia perfoliata, also known as miner's lettuce, Indian lettuce, spring beauty, winter purslane, or palsingat, is a flowering plant in the family Montiaceae. It is a fleshy, herbaceous, annual plant native to the western mountain and coastal regions of North America, from southernmost Alaska and central British Columbia, all the way south to Central America, but most common in California in the Sacramento and northern San Joaquin Valleys.

Flowering moss is a common name for several plants and may refer to:

<i>Claytonia</i> Genus of flowering plants

Claytonia is a genus of flowering plants native to North America, Central America, and Asia. The genus was formerly included in Portulacaceae but is now classified in the family Montiaceae, primarily native to the mountain chains of Asia and North America, with a couple of species extending south to Guatemala in Central America, and northwest to Kazakhstan, Mongolia, and Russia in eastern Asia.

<i>Portulaca grandiflora</i> Species of rose

Portulaca grandiflora is a succulent flowering plant in the family Portulacaceae, native to southern Brazil, Argentina, and Uruguay and often cultivated in gardens. It has many common names, including rose moss, eleven o'clock, Mexican rose, moss rose, sun rose, rock rose, and moss-rose purslane.

<i>Claytonia sibirica</i> Species of flowering plant in the family Montiaceae

Claytonia sibirica, the pink purslane, candy flower, Siberian spring beauty or Siberian miner's lettuce, is a flowering plant in the family Montiaceae, native to the Commander Islands of Siberia, and western North America from the Aleutian Islands and coastal Alaska south through the Queen Charlotte Islands, Vancouver Island, Cascade and Coast Ranges, to a southern limit in the Santa Cruz Mountains. Populations are also known from the Wallowa Mountains, Klamath Mountains, northern Idaho, and The Kootenai. A synonym is Montia sibirica. The plant was introduced into the United Kingdom by the 18th century, where it has become very widespread.

Pink purslane is a common name for several flowering plants, including:

Rose moss is a common name of several plants and may refer to:

Sea purslane is a common name for several plants and may refer to:

<i>Sesuvium portulacastrum</i> Species of succulent

Sesuvium portulacastrum is a sprawling perennial herb that grows in coastal areas throughout much of the world. It is commonly known as shoreline purslane or (ambiguously) "sea purslane," in English, dampalit in Tagalog and 海马齿sl in chinese.

Palustris is a Latin word meaning "swampy" or "marshy", and may refer to:

<i>Portulaca pilosa</i> Species of flowering plant

Portulaca pilosa is a species of flowering succulent plant in the purslane family, Portulacaceae, that is native to the Americas. Its common names include pink purslane, kiss-me-quick and hairy pigweed. Its range extends from the southern United States and the Caribbean as far south as Brazil. It is a succulent with linear leaves and pink flowers.

C. palustris may refer to:

Portulaca sclerocarpa is a rare species of flowering plant in the purslane family known by the common names 'ihi makole and po`e. It is endemic to Hawaii, where it is known only from the island of Hawaii and an islet off of Lanai. Ten occurrences exist for a total of over 1000 individuals. It is a federally listed endangered species of the United States.

<i>Portulaca oleracea <span style="font-style:normal;">subsp.</span> sativa</i> Subspecies of plant

Portulaca oleracea subsp. sativa also known as golden purslane is one of few subspecies of Portulaca oleracea.

Portulaca minuta, the tiny purslane, is a species of flowering plant. It grows in the Florida Keys and Bahamas.

<i>Portulaca quadrifida</i> Species of plant in the genus Portulaca

Portulaca quadrifida, known as pusley, wild purslane, chicken weed, single‑flowered purslane, small‑leaved purslane and 10 o'clock plant, is a species of flowering plant in the genus Portulaca, possibly native to Africa, but certainly widespread over the Old World Tropics, and introduced elsewhere. It is collected in the wild and eaten in salads or cooked, and is a favorite fodder for chickens and pigs.