Common Purslane

Portulaca oleracea  Germination:  97% (Feb 2025) Packed for 2025 Approximately 200 seed per pack. Origins and History Purslane is an ancient plant with a long global history. Likely originating in the Middle East or India, it spread across Europe, Africa, and Asia, where it became a foraged staple and medicinal herb. The Greeks and Romans valued purslane as both a vegetable and a healing plant, while in Indigenous traditions across the Americas, it was gathered for its nutritional richness. Though often dismissed today as a weed, purslane has been cherished for centuries as a resilient, drought-tolerant, and highly nourishing heirloom green. Appearance and Characteristics Purslane is a low-growing, sprawling succulent with reddish stems and fleshy, paddle-shaped green leaves. Its small yellow flowers open in full sunlight, and the plant produces tiny black seeds in abundance. Adapted to hot and dry conditions, purslane thrives in compacted soils where other crops might fail. Its crunc