#family_Portulacaceae__Portulacaceae__purslane_family family of usually succulent herbs; cosmopolitan in distribution especially in Americas
supertype: #caryophylloid_dicot_family__caryophylloiddicotfamily family of relatively early dicotyledonous plants including mostly flowers
member of: #order_Caryophyllales
member: #genus_Portulaca genus of mainly tropical fleshy or trailing herbs
member: #portulaca a plant of the genus Portulaca having pink or red or purple or white ephemeral flowers
member: #common_purslane__pussley__pusly__verdolagas__Portulaca_oleracea weedy trailing mat-forming herb with bright yellow flowers cultivated for its edible mildly acid leaves eaten raw or cooked especially in Indian and Greek and Middle Eastern cuisine; cosmopolitan
member: #genus_Calandrinia__Calandrinia large genus of low-growing herbs; widespread throughout tropical and warm temperate regions having usually basal leaves and panicles of purplish ephemeral flowers
member: #rock_purslane a plant of the genus Calandrinia
member: #red_maids__redmaid__redmaid__calandriniaciliata succulent carpet-forming plant having small brilliant reddish-pink flowers; southwestern United States
member: #genus_Claytonia__Claytonia genus of mainly North American succulent herbs with white or pink flowers usually in terminal racemes
member: #Carolina_spring_beauty__Claytonia_caroliniana similar to Claytonia virginica but having usually pink flowers; eastern North America
member: #spring_beauty__Clatonia_lanceolata small slender plant having one pair of succulent leaves at the middle of the stem and a loose raceme of white or pink or rose bowl-shaped flowers and an edible corm
member: #Virginia_spring_beauty__Claytonia_virginica small cormous perennial grown for its low rosette of succulent foliage and racemes of pink-tinged white flowers; eastern North America
member: #genus_Lewisia__Lewisia genus of western North American low-growing herbs having linear woolly leaves and large pink flowers
member: #siskiyou_lewisia__Lewisia_cotyledon evergreen perennial having a dense basal rosette of long spatula-shaped leaves and panicles of pink or white-and-red-striped or pink-purple flowers; found on cliffs and in rock crevices in mountains of southwestern Oregon and northern California
member: #bitterroot__Lewisia_rediviva showy succulent ground-hugging plant of Rocky Mountains regions having deep to pale pink flowers and fleshy farinaceous roots; the Montana state flower
member: #genus_Montia__Montia small genus of densely tufted annual herbs; north temperate regions and South America and tropical Africa and Asia
member: #Indian_lettuce a plant of the genus Montia having edible pleasant-tasting leaves
member: #genus_Spraguea__Spraguea small genus of usually perennial herbs having deep woody taproots and flower heads of umbels or cymes
member: #pussy-paw__pussypaw__pussy-paws__pussy's-paw__pussy'spaw__Spraguea_umbellatum__Calyptridium_umbellatum pink clusters of densely packed flowers on prostrate stems resemble upturned pads of cats' feet; grow in coniferous forests of western North America
member: #genus_Talinum__Talinum genus of mainly American more-or-less succulent herbs
member: #flame_flower__flameflower__talinumaurantiacum plant with fleshy roots and erect stems with narrow succulent leaves and one reddish-orange flower in each upper leaf axil; southwestern United States; Indians once cooked the fleshy roots
member: #narrow-leaved_flame_flower__Talinum_augustissimum similar to Talinum aurantiacum but with narrower leaves and yellow-orange flowers; southwestern United States
member: #pigmy_talinum__pigmytalinum__Talinum_brevifolium low plant with crowded narrow succulent leaves and fairly large deep pink axillary flowers that seem to sit on the ground; southwestern United States
member: #rock_pink__Talinum_calycinum pink-flowered perennial of rocky regions of western United States
member: #spiny_talinum__spinytalinum__Talinum_spinescens low cushion-forming plant with rose to crimson-magenta flowers and leaf midribs that persist as spines when the leaves die; southwestern United States
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