Purslane

Purslane is a common name for several mostly unrelated plants with edible leaves and may refer to:

• Portulacaceae, a family of succulent flowering plants, and especially:
  • Portulaca oleracea, a species of Portulaca eaten as a leaf vegetable, known as summer purslane
  • Portulaca grandiflora, moss rose, or moss-rose purslane
• Claytonia perfoliata, miner's lettuce or winter purslane
• Claytonia sibirica, pink purslane
• Halimione portulacoides, sea purslane
• Sesuvium portulacastrum, shoreline purslane
• Honckenya peploides, also called sea purslane
• Portulacaria afra, purslane tree