Portulacaceae

Paraguayan Purslane

Portulaca amilis Speg.

Portulaca amilis Speg. resembles Portulaca oleracea, has sharp foliage tips, and usually bears pink flowers.

moss rose

Portulaca grandiflora Hook.

Portulaca grandiflora Hook. is a small fast-growing annual ornamental C4/CAM intermediate plant.

Desert Portulaca

Portulaca halimoides L.

Portulaca halimoides, or silkcotton purslane, is a fleshy annual purslane native to the Americas' arid and tropical regions.

Common Purslane

Portulaca oleracea L.

Portulaca oleracea L. (purslane) is a widely distributed succulent plant with distinct growth, distribution, and ecological traits.

shaggy portulaca

Portulaca pilosa L.

Portulaca pilosa L. is a variable, pantropical annual succulent used in traditional Brazilian medicine, and invasive in several island regions.

wingpod purslane

Portulaca umbraticola Kunth

Portulaca umbraticola Kunth is an edible small succulent with varied flower colors that can grow up to 25 cm tall.

Redstem Purslane

Portulaca rubricaulis Kunth

shrubby purslane

Portulaca suffrutescens Engelm.

Portulaca suffrutescens (shrubby purslane) is a perennial flowering plant native to the southwestern US and northern/central Mexico.

Chickenweed Purslane

Portulaca quadrifida L.

Portulaca quadrifida is an edible Old World Tropics flowering Portulaca species eaten by people and used as chicken and pig fodder.