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Name - Portulaca oleracea L. |
Family
- Portulacaceae |
| Prostrate, succulent summer
annual. Leaves alternate or nearly opposite, fleshly,
somewhat spoon-shaped. Stems smooth, usually purplish-red.
Flowers yellow, solitary in leaf axils or clustered on
the ends of stems. Fruit a round capsule, splitting open
around the middle. Reproduces by seed. Found throughout
the United States, more common in Northwest United States,
less common in the Pacific Northwest. Also found in Canada,
the West Indies, Central and South America, Europe, Africa,
Asia, Oceania, and Hawaii. |
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