Purslane

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

  • Portulacaceae, a family of succulent flowering plants, and especially:
    • Portulaca oleracea, a species of Portulaca eaten as a leaf vegetable, known as summer purslane
    • Portulaca grandiflora, moss rose, or moss-rose purslane
  • Claytonia perfoliata, miner's lettuce or winter purslane
  • Claytonia sibirica, pink purslane
  • Halimione portulacoides, sea purslane
  • Sesuvium portulacastrum, shoreline purslane
  • Honckenya peploides, also called sea purslane
  • Portulacaria afra, purslane tree
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