Broadleaf Pink Purslane

Scientific Name - Portulaca amilis Speg.
Family - Portulacaceae


Prostrate, mat-forming summer annual with fleshy, flat, thick leaves. Leaves broadly oblong and pointed at the tip. Brownish to white hairs in leaf axils. Pink to pink-purple showy flowers in terminal heads. Reproduces by seed. Found from North Carolina south into and throughout Florida. Native to South America.