Biology 130
Portulaca oleracea;
purslane [ Portulacaceae]
Prostrate, fleshy annual weed of gardens and waste places, with leaves
scattered along the stem and clustered at the ends of the branches.
The small yellow flowers occur singly in the leaf axils and open
for only a few hours a day during the summer.
Probably originally native to western Asia, where it is
cultivated as a vegetable.
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