Weed details for purslane
Full name
purslane
(Portulaca oleracea)
Characteristics
| Flowers: | Yellow with 5 petals |
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| Leaves: | Ovate leaves with smooth edges; no hair |
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| Habitat: | Found in lawns and gardens |
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| Life cycle: | Annual |
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| Other common names: | little-hogweed; common purslane; akulikuli-kula; duckweed; pursley; pusley; wild portulaca; little hogweed; garden purslane |
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© University of Missouri Extenstion
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Taxonomic data retrieved May 21, 2008, from the Integrated Taxonomic Information System on-line database, http://www.itis.gov.