Common Name: common purslane, wild portulaca, pursley, pusleyScientific Name: Portulaca oleracea L.Family Name: Portulacaceae - Purslane FamilyIdentification NotesLife Cycleintroduced annual, reproducing by seed and stem segments can root Stems prostrate, often ends upturning, smooth, branching, succulent, often red, mat forming Leavesalternate (densely arranged may appear opposite), oval to wedge-shaped, narrower at base, smooth, succulent, very shiny Flowers 5-petaled, yellow ; solitary, axillary or terminal clusters; opening when sunny