The Little Hogweed / myLot

@Shavkat (141905)

Philippines

November 18, 2021 7:00pm CST

It is nice to wake up with living things surrounding us. I took this 'little hogweed' photo yesterday. It is also called purslane, little hogweed, or pursley. The scientific name is 'portulaca oleracea.' Does the plant name funny?

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@DaddyEvil (174484)

• United States

19 Nov 21

Purslane and duckweed are two very different plants. Purslane, also called moss rose here is a plant that grows in gardens or wild in yards and fields. Duckweed grows in ponds or slow moving rivers.

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Shavkat

@Shavkat (141905)

• Philippines

19 Nov 21

I think it is how it was described. I assumed that it is a purslane.

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Shavkat

@Shavkat (141905)

• Philippines

19 Nov 21

@DaddyEvil I think it is and rechecked it, too.

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@DaddyEvil (174484)

• United States

19 Nov 21

@Shavkat That is purslane, portulaca or moss rose. It isn't duckweed.

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Judy Evans

@JudyEv (382104)

• Rockingham, Australia

19 Nov 21

We planted portulacas just the other day but they are a different colour. They come in all sorts of pretty colours.

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Shavkat

@Shavkat (141905)

• Philippines

19 Nov 21

I am not familiar with that kind of plant. let me check it. Thanks.

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Shavkat

@Shavkat (141905)

• Philippines

19 Nov 21

@JudyEv It sounds like a variant. Let me check it again.

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Judy Evans

@JudyEv (382104)

• Rockingham, Australia

19 Nov 21

@Shavkat It has the same scientific name as your duckweed.

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Always smiling

@allknowing (153530)

• India

19 Nov 21

Never seen this before Quite attractive

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Shavkat

@Shavkat (141905)

• Philippines

19 Nov 21

It caught my attention, too.

Kayla Tsukino

@kaylachan (84801)

• Daytona Beach, Florida

19 Nov 21

Yeah, it actually is.

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Shavkat

@Shavkat (141905)

• Philippines

19 Nov 21

I also think that "Little Hogweed" sounds like a film character.

Rashna Gandhi

@Rashnag (30597)

• Surat, India

19 Nov 21

It's so beautiful and good mix of colours

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Shavkat

@Shavkat (141905)

• Philippines

20 Nov 21

I agree the different shades make me appreciate it.

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Rashna Gandhi

@Rashnag (30597)

• Surat, India

20 Nov 21

@Shavkat

Hana

@Babino (5756)

• Morocco

19 Nov 21

the name purslane reminded me of Porcelain, anglish is my 3d language, i wonder if these two words are prononced the same .

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Shavkat

@Shavkat (141905)

• Philippines

19 Nov 21

I also think like the same thing a while back. I am sure they are not pronounced the same purslane /'p?rs le?n/ and porcelain /'p??.s?l.?n/.

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Shavkat

@Shavkat (141905)

• Philippines

19 Nov 21

@Babino It did not reflect the phonetics. You can check it out to e-dictionary.

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Heather Echola

@GardenGerty (169479)

• United States

19 Nov 21

I did not know purslane was duckweed. I had some volunteer in a plant this year. It is supposed to be healthy to eat and add to things. I hope mine comes back next year. This is very pretty.

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Shavkat

@Shavkat (141905)

• Philippines

19 Nov 21

Speaking of this plant, it was also my first time to know that they can be eaten.