Portulaca oleracea: Purslane, verdolaga

(Not Latin but my workers are and we save the best portulaca weed for their kitchens.)

Marshallz, thanks for responding to my post. I have aquired some purslane seeds, and can`t wait for them to grow.

Maybe a little fear is in order? :)

Purslane can (make that WILL!) become a major weed for you in California. I once had to abandon a garden in which someone had planted "edible purslane" a few years before. Every part of the plant can root. Seed pods yield copious amounts of long-lived seed. The weed seems to inhibit other plants when it crowds the soil surface.

I recommend: harvest before flowering and clean up all fallen leaf and stem parts.