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	Purslane
		Purslane is one of my favorite summer vegetables, with a mild, sweet-sour flavor and a chewy texture.
		Purslane comes from India, where it was a food crop centuries ago.
		If someone decides purslane is a "weed" and uproots it, it uses the water in the stem to make seeds before it dies, and soon there'll be even more purslane
	www.wildmanstevebrill.com /Plants.Folder/Purslane.html (297 words)

	Purslane: an Edible Weed
		One of the most common weeds on farms and in backyard gardens in California, purslane comes up on its own practically anywhere the fields are left uncultivated.
		Purslane is eaten extensively in soups and salads around the Mediterranean region.
		Purslane apparently is one of the best sources in the plant world for omega-3 fatty acid, which the body converts into other acids that reportedly may lower blood pressure and cholesterol levels.
	www.seasonalchef.com /purslane.htm (424 words)

	UCONN IPM: Integrated Pest Management: Weeds: Purslane
		Purslane is receiving much attention for cultivation by the United States Department of Agriculture as part of their effort to bring about a modification in the western diet with increased intake of fresh fruits and vegetables.
		Purslane, also an excellent source of vitamins A, C and E and the essential amino acids, has been described as a power food of the future because of its high nutritive and antioxidant properties.
		Purslane is being used in several parts of the world in the treatment of burns and trauma; headaches; stomach, intestinal and liver ailments; cough; shortness of breath and arthritis.
	www.hort.uconn.edu /ipm/weeds/htms/purslane.htm (961 words)

	Purslane - Weed It or Eat It? (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-28)
		Purslane, Portulaca oleracea, is probably in your garden right now but not because you invited it to dinner.
		Purslane is native to India and Persia and has spread throughout the world as an edible plant and as a weed.
		Purslane is an annual reproducing from seeds and from stem pieces.
	web.aces.uiuc.edu /urban/macon/garden/0309e.html (551 words)

	WeedAlert.com Weed Listing (Purslane)
		Purslane is a summer annual with prostrate growth from a tap root and fibrous surface roots.
		Purslane flowers from May to November and spreads by seeds, which germinate in the spring, or by stem fragments.
		The best time to control purslane with a postemergent broadleaf herbicide is when the plant is in the seedling stage, actively growing and between the four true-leaf and flower growth stage.
	www.weedalert.com /weed_pages/wa_purslane.htm (252 words)

	Common Purslane Management Guidelines--UC IPM
		Purslane sawfly is an insect that feeds and reproduces on common purslane.
		Common purslane plants that have been attacked by the purslane sawfly produce fewer seeds and are much less competitive with garden and crop plants.
		Chemical control is generally not necessary for the control of common purslane in the home landscape; it is primarily used in conjunction with cultural methods for commercial situations and should be reserved for use only under unusual circumstances in the home landscape.
	www.ipm.ucdavis.edu /PMG/PESTNOTES/pn7461.html (1550 words)

	Common Purslane Description
		Common purslane emerges from a heavy taproot, to develop succulent, smooth, fleshy, stems that are usually purple-red and may root at lower nodes.
		Common purslane leaves are alternate to sub opposite, oval shaped with the widest point beyond the leaf's middle.
		The yellow flowers of common purslane are borne individually in the leaf axils or clustered at end of branches.
	www.turf.uiuc.edu /weed_web/descriptions/purslane.htm (175 words)

	Community Forum - Jor-EL's Herbal Medicine Chest - PURSLANE
		Purslane (Portulaca oleraceae), is a potherb, an annual succulent, a green, and to many, a weed.
		Purslane is recognized as a medicinal plant in diverse parts of the world, including America, India, the Meditteranean, and China.
		Purslane is very drought tolerant, but plant it in good, fertile soil with compost added for the juiciest stems and leaves.
	www.psoriasis.org /forum/showthread.php?p=245601 (790 words)

	Purslane
		Purslane is a fast-growing herbaceous annual with thick, fleshy, oval leaves.
		Purslane was often used as a protective agent against "evil spirits and blastings of lightnings or other planets and burning of gunpowder".
		Like the summer purslane, where the winter variety originated is in doubt as it can be found in almost every country of the world, although many believe that it is one of the few native American plants to travel to Europe to be adopted there under the name of Winter purslane.
	www.innvista.com /health/foods/vegetables/purslane.htm (870 words)

	Food Features: Purslane
		Purslane is simple to grow and there are several varieties available to the gardener - the two best culinary ones are both summer herbs, portulaca oleracea (green purslane) and portulaca sativa (golden purslane).
		Medieval herbals describe purslane as ‘cold,’ meaning that it was considered a cure for a ‘burning’ (or malfunctioning) heart and liver.
		Thoroughly rinse the purslane and remove the small fleshy leaves in clusters (the stems are easily broken with your finger and thumbnail).
	www.westonaprice.org /foodfeatures/purslane.html (1082 words)

	Purslane Recipes from Prairieland Community Supported Agriculture (PCSA)
		Purslane has more beta-carotene than spinach*, as well as high levels of magnesium and potassium.
		Purslane exhibits the most species diversity in Western North America and South Africa, where it is likely to have originated.
		Purslane can be substituted for spinach or wild greens in lasagnas, filled pastas, and Greek-style tarts.
	www.prairienet.org /pcsa/recipes/purslane.htm (355 words)

	Purslane
		Purslane is in the Portulacaceae family of plants.
		Purslane is great in containers, trailing out of baskets, or as a great show of bright color as a ground cover.
		Purslane is by far one of the toughest, most drought tolerant plants for our dry season and is very suitable for xeriscaping.
	www.american-farms.com /text_plant_pages/purslane.htm (262 words)

	botanical.com - A Modern Herbal \| Purslane, Golden - Herb Profile and Information
		Purslane is a pleasant salad herb, and excellent for scorbutic troubles.
		The succulent leaves and young shoots are cooling in spring salads, the older shoots are used as a pot-herb and the thick stems of plants that have run to seed are pickled in salt and vinegar to form winter salads.
		Purslane in ancient times was looked upon as one of the anti-magic herbs, and strewn round a bed was said to afford protection against evil spirits.
	www.botanical.com /botanical/mgmh/p/prugol77.html (1270 words)

	Sea purslane (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-28)
		Sea purslane, also called sea pickle, is a member of the carpetweed family and a common inhabitant of the mangroves in south Florida.
		Sea purslane is found on beaches and dunes along coastal plains southern New York to Florida and west to Mississippi.
		Sea purslane is a fleshy, perennial, herbaceous plant with a creeping form.
	www.sfrc.ufl.edu /4h/Sea_purslane/seapursl.htm (232 words)

	Happycat Online » Purslane (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-28)
		Properties: Purslane (Portulaca oleracea), which is commonly regarded as a troublesome garden weed today, has been used as a succulent food crop for more than 2000 years.
		After the sauce is ready add the cooked, chopped purslane (one to two cups), and one cup of grated Monterey Jack or Colby cheese.
		Wash purslane in a bowl of cold water until all dirt is removed, and drain well.
	www.happycatonline.com /archives/2006/06/03/purslane (2186 words)

	Purslane
		Purslane (also known as Portulaca oleracea) is an herbaceous weed growing wild in much of the World.
		Purslane was very popular in England during the Middle Ages and was used by the ancient Egyptians for heart failure and disease.
		Dr. Artemis P. Simopoulos in her research mentions that purslane is the richest source of omega-3 fatty acid among all green leafy plants investigated to date.
	www.thepowermall.com /thecenterforhealth/healthy_bodies/purslane.htm (313 words)

	In Season: Purslane
		Considered a weed by many gardeners, purslane is a succulent plant that grows low and sprawling in everything from wide open meadows, to container gardens, and even your lawn.
		Eaten raw, purslane leaves and stems are a wonderful addition to salads.
		Purslane, or verdolagas, is one of the quelites, or "greens" used in home style Mexican cooking.
	kitchen.apartmenttherapy.com /food/summer/in-season-purslane-009682 (359 words)

	Purslane
		Purslane is an annual weed that germinates after soil warms in early summer.
		A native of Europe, purslane is related to the portulaca or moss rose grown in flower Gardens.
		Purslane is a problem weed in flower and vegetable Gardens, where it competes with desirable plants for moisture.
	www.ext.colostate.edu /Ptlk/2110.html (350 words)

	Growing the Common Purslane as a Garden Plant - Cacti and Succulents
		This article focuses on how to the grow the common purslane as a garden plant and its historical uses.
		Purslane was among Josselyn’s list of garden herbs that were grown in American gardens during the Colonial Era.
		Purslane was listed by Leonard Meager, author of “English Gardener,” as a garden plant.
	www.bellaonline.com /articles/art35658.asp (728 words)

	Mexican Purslane Stuffing (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-28)
		Purslane is also the heat-tolerant, drought-tolerant flower which is sometimes referred to as the Dolly Parton flower because it blooms from 9 a.m.
		Although purslane has proliferated as a wild edible around the world for centuries, in its renaissance purslane is acclaimed for not one, but two starring attractions: the rediscovery of its cooking possibilities--its tinker-toy eye appeal, crisp texture and lightly tangy taste--and the scientific discovery of its potentially healthful omega-3 fatty acids.
		Purslane is eaten extensively in soups and salads throughout the Mediterranean area, where the incidence of heart disease is low.
	aggie-horticulture.tamu.edu /plantanswers/recipes/purslane.html (599 words)

	Recipe: Anatolian Purslane, Lamb and Lentil Stew
		Purslane is the key to the stew's special flavor.
		Americans often refer to purslane as "that nuisance weed," the one that crops up in gardens, window boxes, sometimes even in the middle of gravel driveways.
		Purslane is nutritious, too--it's a good source of antioxidants and has more heart-healthful omega-3 fatty acids than any other vegetable that's been studied.
	www.paula-wolfert.com /recipes/lamb_stew.html (715 words)

	ChiroFind.com \| tell me about purslane
		Although regarded as a weed in the United States, purslane is a well-known plant able to tolerate almost any kind of soil or weather.
		In traditional Chinese medicine, purslane is used to remove toxic heat and substances, and to arrest bleeding.
		Among the Western conditions purslane treats are dysentery; boils and sores; eczema; hemorrhoidal bleeding; and abnormal uterine bleeding.
	www.chiroweb.com /find/tellmeabout/purslane.html (326 words)

	Forklore: Purslane
		The farmer from whom I bought purslane at the Greenmarket said that the Mexican women who pick for him much prefer gathering purslane, which grows wild and is considered a weed, to harvesting the greens he actually plants.
		I first encountered purslane in Jerusalem at Eucalyptus, famous for its traditional Jerusalem cuisine.
		Betty Fusssell offers lovely recipes for purslane, which, incidentally, is a powerhouse of nutrients, most famously omega-3.
	www.nyu.edu /classes/bkg/forklore/archives/2005/08/purslane.html (274 words)

	Neglected horticultural crops
		The anaphrodisiac effect is perhaps due to the presence of norepinephrin, a precursor of adrenalin, which causes a reduction in the blood flow through constriction of the main arteries.
		Purslane is an annual, herbaceous plant, with branched, decumbent or fairly ascending stems of up to 50 cm, and which are reddish, fleshy and glabrous.
		Purslane was one of the most widespread horticultural plants in the Old World since distant times.
	www.hort.purdue.edu /newcrop/1492/neglected.html (13388 words)

	Weed Gallery: Common purslane--UC IPM
		Common purslane is an annual that grows rapidly in spring and summer.
		Small yellow flowers are born singly or in clusters of two or three in stem axils or at tips of stems.
		Purslane seeds are very tiny and produced in abundance.
	www.ipm.ucdavis.edu /PMG/WEEDS/purslane.html (177 words)

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		Among over 13,000 known food plants, purslane is one of fewer than 20 plants with the capacity to meet most of our nutritional requirements.
		Purslane is rich in easily absorbed vitamin C and E, which is known to increase immunity to disease.
		Minerals found in Purslane include phosphorus, zinc, silicon, copper, calcium, manganese, magnesium, iron and abnormally high levels of potassium.This palatable vegetable is very well endowed with nutrients and ranks in the top percentile of RDI [recommended dietary intake] for alpha-linolenic-acid, beta-carotene, tocopherol, magnesium and potassium.
	www.bgsu.edu /studentlife/organizations/eag/documents/purslane.doc (878 words)

	PURSLANE (PORTULACA OLERACEA L.): A HALOPHYTIC CROP FOR DRAINAGE WATER REUSE SYSTEMS (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-28)
		Purslane (Portulaca oleracea) grows readily in environments that may be both arid and saline.
		In the early cuttings, shoot growth of purslane was reduced about 50% (compared to the nonsaline control plants) by irrigation waters that contained a salt load about half that of sea water.
		Purslane is a promising candidate for use in drainage water reuse systems, not only based on its survivability and water use, but also its usefulness as a vegetable and oil seed crop.
	www.nal.usda.gov /ttic/tektran/glimpse/data/000007/31/0000073104.html (201 words)

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