| Scientific Name: | Portulaca oleracea |
| Common Name: | purslane |
| Family Name: | Portulacaceae |
| Origin: | |
| Hardiness Zone: | Zone 9: (-7 to -1 °C) |
| Plant Type: | Annual (true), Succulent or Cacti, Weed (horticultural) |
| Mature Size: | < 0.1m x 0.6 - 1.0m (height x width) |
| Habit: | Horizontal, Spreading |
| Form: | Creeping / Mat-like |
| Texture: | Medium - fine |
| Landscape Uses: | Hanging basket, Urban agriculture, Wildlife food |
| Exposure: | Full sun, Part sun/part shade |
| Soil or Media: | Rocky or gravelly or dry, Well-drained |
| Leaves: | Simple, Alternate, Succulent, Glabrous, Lustrous, Obovate, Entire |
| Flowers: | Flowers solitary, Yellow, Apr-May-Jun |
| Fruit: | Capsule, Green, Black, Apr-May-Jun-Jul-Aug-Sep |
| Key ID Features: | |
| Leaves succulent, alternate (may appear clustered at nodes), most obovate and expand to 1-2cm long x 0.5-1.5cm wide; grows in dry areas; flowers ~2cm wide with 5 overlapping yellow petals. | |