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DESCRIPTION:
Common purslane is an annual broadleaf that grows rapidly in spring and summer.
It thrives under dry conditions but also competes well in irrigated
situations. Plants prefer loose, nutrient-rich, sandy soil. Cotyledons (seed leaves) are egg-shaped to oblong,
hairless, succulent, and sometimes tinged red. The mature plant may form a mat or grow up to a foot tall. The
plant branches at the base and along the stems. Leaves are very succulent,
often tinged red, and wedge-shaped. They are arranged either opposite one another or alternate along the stem
and are stalkless. Small yellow flowers are
born singly or in clusters of two or three in stem junctions or at tips of stems. Flowers usually open only
on sunny mornings. Purslane seeds are very tiny and produced in abundance.
See UC IPM's Common Purslane
Pest Note for more information.
Broadleaf ID illustration.
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