Portulaca L.

20 species in Aust.; all states and territories

*Portulaca oleracea L.

Prostrate, succulent annual. Stems often reddish or brownish. Leaves mostly alternate, oblong-cuneate to obovate, obtuse, 1–2 cm long, with or without minute stipular hairs. Flowers axillary, solitary or clustered. Sepals 5 mm long. Petals 4–6, yellow, scarcely exceeding the sepals. Stamens 8–15. Styles 4–6-lobed. Seeds black. Weed of cultivation. Cosmop. weed. Purslane or Pigweed