Common purslane
Portulaca oleracea · Purslane family
Plant portrait
Cultivated purslane spreads fleshy stems bearing small thick leaves.
Harvested part
The leaves and young stems of vegetable plants.
What to watch for
Watch branching stems and fleshy leaves on identified plants.
Growth stages of the common purslane
Plotilo illustrates the common purslane in 5 stages in 3D: seed, small sprout, young plant, growing and harvest. The models show typical shapes; they do not predict how long growth takes.
- Seed
Starting from a seed. It is shown on the surface to make it visible in this illustration.
- Small sprout
A short first stem and its first small leaves emerge.
- Young plant
The young plant carries more leaves and starts to take its own shape.
- Growing
Leaves and stems develop. Their shape depends on the species.
- Harvest
An illustration of the harvested part. Roots are made visible for clarity; this image does not confirm actual maturity.
Same botanical family
No other plant from the purslane family is in the Plotilo catalogue yet.