Pigweed

Family: Portulacaceae
Scientific name: Portulaca oleracea
Description: Plant Form: Prostrate annual or perennial herb. Size: Up to 25 cm tall. Stem: Fleshy, thick, branching or creeping, cylindrical, hairless. Leaves: Fleshy, thick, flat, shiny, smooth and oblong, elongated oblong or wedge-shaped. Up to 2.5 cm long. Flowers: Small, yellow, with 4-6 petals. Only occasional. Individual or in small clusters in the leaf forks. Fruit and Seeds: Spherical yellowish glossy capsule up to 8 mm across splitting open to release a single oval-shaped glossy black seed about 1 mm across. Habitat: This native plant inhabits a wide variety of environments including waste areas, roadsides, gardens, agricultural areas, grasslands, pastures. Weed Status: Other Weed Weed Type: Environmental, Agricultural, Common Lifeform: Herbaceous

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