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Common Purslane
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Common Purslane

Portulaca oleracea

Portulaca oleracea (common purslane, also known as verdolaga, little hogweed, red root, or pursley is an annual succulent in the family Portulacaceae, which may reach 40 centimetres (16 in) in height.

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In the old herbals & bestiaries

Common Purslane in Notable Commentaries on the History of Plants

Notable Commentaries on the History of Plants

Leonhart Fuchs · 1542 · p.146

Common Purslane in On the Names of Plants

On the Names of Plants

Hieronymus Bock (Tragus) · 1552 · p.454

Common Purslane in Illustrated Compendium of Materia Medica (Vol. 3)

Illustrated Compendium of Materia Medica (Vol. 3)

吳其濬 · 1848 · p.25

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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 58991.