Portulaca oleracea (Common Purslane) is an annual succulent with prostrate or decumbent, repeatedly branched stems and thick fleshy leaves…
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Portulacaceae is a family of flowering plants, comprising about 20 genera with about 500 species, ranging from herbaceous plants to shrubs. The family has a cosmopolitan distribution, with the highest diversity in semiarid regions of the Southern Hemisphere in Africa, Australia, and South America, but with a few species also extending north into Arctic regions.
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Portulacaria afra 'Variegata' (Rainbow Bush) is a much-branched succulent shrub with attractive reddish-brown stems and smooth, glossy …
Portulacaria afra (Elephant Bush) is a densely branched succulent shrub or small tree with glossy green, opposite leaves on brittle …