| Family | Portulacaceae |
| Scientific name | Portulaca oleracea L. |
| Synonyms | Portulaca fosbergii Poellnitz; Portulaca fosbergii Poellnitz var. major Poellnitz; Portulaca hortensis Ruprecht; Portulaca latifolia Hornemann; Portulaca marginata Kunth; Portulaca neglecta Mackenzie & Bush; Portulaca officinarum Crantz; Portulaca oleracea L. forma alba Alefeld; Portulaca oleracea L. forma aurantia Alefeld; Portulaca oleracea L. forma aurea Alefeld; Portulaca oleracea L. forma caryophyllina Alefeld; Portulaca oleracea L. forma gillesii Alefeld; Portulaca oleracea L. forma haageana Alefeld; Portulaca oleracea L. forma parvifolia (Haworth) Alefeld; Portulaca oleracea L. forma rosea Alefeld; Portulaca oleracea L. forma sativa (de Candolle) Alefeld; Portulaca oleracea L. forma sulfurea Alefeld; Portulaca oleracea L. forma violacea Alefeld; Portulaca oleracea L. subsp. granulatostellulata (Poellnitz) Danin & H. Baker; Portulaca oleracea L. subsp. nicaraguensis Danin & H. Baker; Portulaca oleracea L. subsp. nitida Danin & H. Baker; Portulaca oleracea L. subsp. papillatostellulata Danin & H. Baker; Portulaca oleracea L. subsp. sativa (de Candolle) Celakovsky; Portulaca oleracea L. subsp. sylvestris Thellung; Portulaca oleracea L. var. gracilescens Domin; Portulaca oleracea L. var. granulatostellulata Poellnitz; Portulaca oleracea L. var. micrantha Eggers; Portulaca oleracea L. var. parvifolia (Haworth) Grisebach; Portulaca oleracea L. var. sativa de Candolle; Portulaca oleracea L. var. sylvestris de Candolle; Portulaca olitoria Pallas; Portulaca parvifolia Haworth; Portulaca retusa Engelmann; Portulaca sativa Haworth; Portulaca suffruticosa Thwaites; Portulaca sylvestris Montandon |
| Common name | (Japanese common name) suberi-hiyu [glossy cockscomb] |
| (English common name) little hogweed, pig-weed, common-purslane, porcelain | |
| Distribution | (Japan) Hokkaido, Honshu, Shikoku, Kyushu |
| (Other nations) wirldwide | |
| Chromosomal number | 2n=18, 36, 54 |
| Description | Plants 15-30cm long. Leaves 10-25mm long. Flowers yellow, flowering in June to September. Annual plants. |
| Reference | Portulaca oleracea L. |
| Portulaca oleracea Linnaeus | |
| Portulaca oleracea L. | |
| Synergistic herbicidal compositions comprising colletotrichum truncatum and chemical herbicides (US Patent 4775405/1988) | |
| Portulaca oleracea and tumor cell growth (US Patent 5869060/1999) | |
| Herbicidal composition and a method of using a naturally-occurring organic compound as a herbicide (US Patent 6602824/2003) | |
| Chickweed bioherbicides (US Patent 7141407/2006) | |
| Use of purslane to treat facial wrinkles (US Patent 7060303/2006) | |
| Lipolysis stimulator (US Patent 7300675/2007) | |
| Compositions derived from Portulaca oleracea L. and methods of using same for modulating blood glucose levels (WIPO Patent WO/2005/060349) | |
| The use of medicinal plants and extracts thereof for the well^being of animals in veterinary medicine and zootechnics (WIPO Patent WO/2006/013001) | |
| Antimicrobial composition containing natural extract, nand silver and natural essential oil (WIPO Patent WO/2006/109898) |
| September 2006 at rice paddy |
September 2006 at rice paddy |
September 2006 at rice paddy |