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Portulacaceae

Common purslane

Portulaca oleracea L.

Family
Portulacaceae
Genus
Portulaca

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Common purslane: Portulaca oleracea, an edible plant grown almost any where in the United States. Blooms yellow, small flowers.
Photo: ZooFari, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons

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Common names

By language (96)
ab
Абадырбҕьы
ace
Bileueng
acm
بربين
aeb
بليبشة
Afrikaans
Beesporselein, Bobbejaandraad, Gewone porslein, Postelein, Rooipootjieporslein, Snotterbel, Varkkos, Varkslaai
Arabic
رجلة, الرجلة, البقلة, بقلة, بقلة حمقاء, بقلة لينة, بقلة مباركة, بقله حمقاء
Armenian
Դանդուռ սովորական
ary
أرغليم
arz
رجله
Asturian
Verdolaga
Azerbaijani
Dirrik pərpərəni
Bangla
বড়ো নুনিয়া, লুনে শাক
Basque
Getozka
Belarusian
Партулак агародны, Партулак звычайны
Bhojpuri
नोनीया साग
Bulgarian
Тученица
Cantonese
瓜子菜
Catalan
Verdolaga, Pourpier
Central Kurdish
پەڵپینە
Chinese
馬齒莧, 马齿苋, 五方草, 五行草, 五行菜, 地马菜, 狮岳菜, 猪母菜
Corsican
Erba fratesca, Arba fratesca
Croatian
Tušt
Czech
Šrucha zelná, Kuří noha, Portulák, Šrucha obecná
Divehi
ގެދަ
Dutch
Postelein, Zomerpostelein
English
Common purslane, Little hogweed, Moss rose, Pigweed, Pusley, Red root, Verdolaga, Pig weed
Esperanto
Legoma portulako
Estonian
Harilik portulak, Aedportulak
Filipino
Karaniwang gulasiman, Karaniwang kulasiman, Karaniwang ulasiman, Pang-karaniwang gulasiman, Pang-karaniwang kulasiman, Pang-karaniwang ulasiman, Pangkaraniwang gulasiman, Pangkaraniwang kulasiman
Finnish
Vihannesportulakka, Rikkaportulakka
French
Pourpier, Porcelane, Pourpier commun, Pourpier maraîcher
Galician
Beldroega
German
Portulak, Burzelkraut, Bürzelkohl, Gemüse-Portulak, Gewürz-Portulak, Kreusel, Sauburtzel, Sommer-Portulak
Greek
Αντράκλα, Γλιστρίδα, Ανδράκλα, Ανδράχλη, Αντραχλίδα, Γλυστιρίδα, Γλυστρίδα, Ολισθηρίς
Haitian Creole
Koupye
Hebrew
רגלת הגינה, פרפחינא, פרפחינה, פרפכינא, פרפכינה, ריג'לה
Hindi
पोर्टुलाका ओलेरासिया या पर्सलेन
hsb
Jědźny portłak
Hungarian
Kövér porcsin
Icelandic
Súpugull
Indonesian
Gelang biasa
io
Portulako
Italian
Porcellana Comune, Erba porcellana, Purciddana
Japanese
スベリヒユ, バシケン, ポーチュラカ, 馬歯筧, 馬歯見, 滑り莧, 滑莧
kab
Bugel
kai
Luusìn mà Kwàm
Kazakh
Бақша қараоты
Korean
쇠비름, 쇠비름꽃
ks
نُنَر
Kurdish
Pirpar, پرپار
Latin
Portulaca
Latvian
Dārza portulaka
Lithuanian
Paprastoji portulaka, Pourpier
Macedonian
Толчница, Обична толчница, Тушт
Malay
Gelang pasir, Pokok Gelang Pasir, Pokok Rumput Beremi, Pokok Segan Jantan
Malayalam
കൊഴുപ്പ, ഉപ്പുചീര
Marathi
घोळ
mnc
ᠸᡝᡥᡝ ᡶᡳᠶᡝᠯᡝᠨ
mnw
ဗၠံင်ဗၠေတ်၊ တၞံ
mwl
Bordelagas
mzn
پرپین
nap
Përkakkia
Nepali
नुनढिकी झार
Norwegian Bokmål
Portulakk
nv
Tséghániłchʼi
os
Цæхдонгæрдæг
pam
Saitsaitan
Persian
پرپهن, پرپین
Polish
Portulaka pospolita, Portulaka Warzywna
Portuguese
Beldroegas, Beldroega
Romanian
Portulacă, Iarba grasa
Russian
Портулак огородный, Куриный след, Портулак овощной, Толстушка
Serbian
Tušt, Тушт
Serbian (Latin)
Tušt
Sindhi
لوڻڪ
Sinhala
ගෙඳ
Slovak
Portulaka zeleninová
Slovenian
Navadni tolščak, Portulak
Southern Sotho
Selatsi
Spanish
Borzolaga, Lengua de gato, Loraca, Nuncamuere, Verdalaga, Verderaja, Verdolaga angosta, Verdolaga blanca
ss
Silele
Swedish
Portlak, Pourpier
szy
Nipaluma-sanglacay kuliya, sanglacay koliya
Tajik
Хурфа
Tamil
தரைக்கீரை, பருப்புக்கீரை
Thai
คุณนายตื่นสาย
Tongan
Tamole
Turkish
Semizotu, Semiz otu
Ukrainian
Портулак городній
Uzbek
Semizoʻt
Vietnamese
Rau sam
Welsh
Porpin
wuu
马齿苋
Xhosa
Igwanitsha
Zulu
Izilele, Lenjana
zza
Pumpar

Synonyms

  • Portulaca consanguinea Schltdl.
  • Portulaca fosbergii Poelln.
  • Portulaca fosbergii var. major Poelln.
  • Portulaca hortensis Rupr.
  • Portulaca intermedia Link ex Schltdl.
  • Portulaca latifolia Hornem.
  • Portulaca marginata Kunth
  • Portulaca neglecta Mack. & Bush
  • Portulaca officinarum Crantz
  • Portulaca oleracea f. alba Alef.
  • Portulaca oleracea f. aurantia Alef.
  • Portulaca oleracea f. aurea Alef.
  • Portulaca oleracea f. caryophyllina Alef.
  • Portulaca oleracea f. gillesii Alef.
  • Portulaca oleracea f. haageana Alef.
  • Portulaca oleracea f. parvifolia (Haw.) Alef.
  • Portulaca oleracea f. rosea Alef.
  • Portulaca oleracea f. sativa (DC.) Alef.
  • Portulaca oleracea f. striata Alef.
  • Portulaca oleracea f. sulfurea Alef.
  • Portulaca oleracea f. violacea Alef.
  • Portulaca oleracea subsp. granulatostellulata (Poelln.) Danin & H.G.Baker
  • Portulaca oleracea subsp. oleracea
  • Portulaca oleracea subsp. sativa (Haw.) Čelak.
  • Portulaca oleracea subsp. stellata Danin & H.G.Baker
  • Portulaca oleracea subsp. sylvestris (Garsault) Thell.
  • Portulaca oleracea var. macrantha Speg.
  • Portulaca oleracea var. micrantha Speg.
  • Portulaca oleracea var. opposita Poelln.
  • Portulaca oleracea var. parvifolia (Haw.) Griseb.
  • Portulaca oleracea var. sativa (Haw.) DC.
  • Portulaca olitoria Pall.
  • Portulaca parvifolia Haw.
  • Portulaca pilosa var. marginata (Kunth) Kuntze
  • Portulaca retusa Engelm.
  • Portulaca sativa Haw.
  • Portulaca stellata (Danin & H.G.Baker) Ricceri & Arrigoni
  • Portulaca suffruticosa Thwaites
  • Portulaca sylvestris Garsault
  • Portulaca sylvestris Friche-Joset & Montandon

Characteristics

Growth habit
Forb/herb
Lifespan
Annual
In the US and Canada
Canada: introduced, Canada: native, Hawaii: introduced, Lower 48 states: introduced, Lower 48 states: native, Navassa Island: introduced, Pacific Basin: introduced, Pacific Basin: native, Puerto Rico: introduced, U.S. Virgin Islands: introduced

Photos

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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.