Portulaca humilis
Common Purslane
Portulaca oleracea
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- Botanical name
- Portulaca oleracea
- Also known as
- Akulikuli-Kula, Common Purslane, Duckweed, Garden Purslane, Little Hogweed, Little-Hogweed, Pigweed, Portulaca-Weed, Posteline, Postely, Purslane, Pursley, Pusley, Pussley, Wild Portulaca
- Family
- Portulacaceae
- Genus
- Portulaca
- Reference
- World Flora Online
How to grow Common Purslane
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Other names for this plant
These names have all been used for Portulaca oleracea but are no longer the accepted name. You may still meet them on old labels, in books, or in nursery catalogues.
Portulaca consanguinea
Portulaca fosbergii
Portulaca fosbergii var. major
Portulaca hortensis
Portulaca intermedia
Portulaca latifolia
Portulaca marginata
Portulaca neglecta
Portulaca officinarum
Portulaca oleracea f. alba
Portulaca oleracea f. aurantia
Portulaca oleracea f. aurea
Portulaca oleracea f. caryophyllina
Portulaca oleracea f. gillesii
Portulaca oleracea f. haageana
Portulaca oleracea f. parvifolia
Portulaca oleracea f. rosea
Portulaca oleracea f. sativa
Portulaca oleracea f. striata
Portulaca oleracea f. sulfurea
Portulaca oleracea f. violacea
Portulaca oleracea subsp. granulatostellulata
Portulaca oleracea subsp. oleracea
Portulaca oleracea subsp. sativa
Portulaca oleracea subsp. stellata
Portulaca oleracea subsp. sylvestris
Portulaca oleracea var. macrantha
Portulaca oleracea var. micrantha
Portulaca oleracea var. opposita
Portulaca oleracea var. parvifolia
Portulaca oleracea var. sativa
Portulaca olitoria
Portulaca parvifolia
Portulaca pilosa var. marginata
Portulaca retusa
Portulaca sativa
Portulaca stellata
Portulaca suffruticosa
Portulaca sylvestris
Portulaca sylvestris
Others in Portulaca
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