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Wild Purslane (portulaca oleracea) ?

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Rick Lagueux

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Sep 9, 1993, 7:07:54 PM9/9/93
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Hello.

I am looking for information regarding the nutritional content and growing habit of a plant that I read about in Reader's Digest (quoting from a USDA Quarterly Report) called portulaca oleracea. The article called it a wild purslane species, and said that it is currently being used in Europe in salads. I am also interested in finding seed or cutting sources for this plant.

Any info is greatly appreciated.

Thanks.

Rick Lagueux
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kl...@cobra.uni.edu

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Sep 9, 1993, 8:16:25 PM9/9/93
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In article <CD409...@eoc.com>, ri...@eoc.com (Rick Lagueux) writes:
> I am looking for information regarding the nutritional content
and growing habit of a plant that I read about in Reader's Digest
(quoting from a USDA Quarterly Report) called portulaca oleracea.
The article called it a wild purslane species, and said that it
is currently being used in Europe in salads. I am also interested
in finding seed or cutting sources for this plant.

Portulaca oleracea is also called purslane, and is a common sprawling
"sidewalk weed" around here. If you know "rose moss", the succulent
ground cover with 5 petaled flowers and seed capsules with flip tops,
purslane is quite similar. The seeds are numerous and easy to grow.

Kay Klier Biology Dept UNI

Dick Wilmot

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Sep 10, 1993, 1:13:41 AM9/10/93
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kl...@cobra.uni.edu writes:

>Portulaca oleracea is also called purslane, and is a common sprawling
>"sidewalk weed" around here. If you know "rose moss", the succulent
>ground cover with 5 petaled flowers and seed capsules with flip tops,
>purslane is quite similar. The seeds are numerous and easy to grow.

^^^^^^^^^^^^
If you plant this HORRIBLE weed near anyone with a vegetable garden they
might never forgive you. Purslane has been my bane for several years. If
you hoe it up then it will all resprout, like dragons' teeth, the next
time it gets water. 'Dead' purslane springs back to life. Don't plant it
because you're welcome to come by and pick as much as you want from my
purslane garden.

>Kay Klier Biology Dept UNI

--
Dick Wilmot
Editor, Independent RAID Report
(510) 938-7425

Sharon Levine

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Sep 10, 1993, 6:35:58 PM9/10/93
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It's a weed in northern California, too, Kay. I have even seen it
in flats in a nursery. Some people are real lunatics. Have used
what comes in my garden in salads. Not bad, not great. I prefer
nasturtiums.
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