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• Close against them and overpeering their tops were hollyhocks and dahlias; against these stood at lesser height sweet peas, asters, zinnias, coreopsis and others of like stature; in front of these were poppies for summer, marigolds for autumn; beneath these again were verbenas, candytuft -- all this is sketched from memory, and I recall the winsome effect rather than species and names; and still below nestled portulaca and periwinkle. The Amateur Garden
• When the weather warms up, sow seeds of cosmos, marigold, morning glory, portulaca, nasturtium, sunflower, and zinnia for splashes of color.
• The garden includes a Japanese maple and eight kinds of flowers, among them hydrangeas, petunias, pansies and portulaca. Urban Oases
• Purslane (Portulaca oleracea, P. sativa) is a member of the Portulacaceae Family and also known as wild portulaca and verdolaga. Brigitte Mars: Purslane: Gandhi's Favorite Food May Be a Weed in Your Yard
• Purslane (Portulaca oleracea, P. sativa) is a member of the Portulacaceae Family and also known as wild portulaca and verdolaga. Brigitte Mars: Purslane: Gandhi's Favorite Food May Be a Weed in Your Yard
• Common purslane (Portulaca oleracea) is also used as a potherb and in salads and soups. Chapter 7
• Poor in plant species; the most characteristics examples are: Scaevola plumieri, Portulaca pilosa, Cakile lanceolata, Cyperus planifolius, Sporobolus virginicus, Ipomoea pes-capreae and Euphorbia buxifolia. Araya and Paria xeric scrub
• METHODS The models of the mice's external ears' swell induced by xylene and croton oil, and the water extract of Portulaca oleracea L the spring beauty'swater with drawing material to it.
• Other prominent succulent plant families include Euphorbiaceae, Asclepiadaceae (milkweeds and stapelias), Aloaceae and Portulacaceae (portulaca).
• This could be supplemented, of course, by portulaca, which was now flowering in the wet season, by such birds as they could shoot -- mainly ducks, hawks and crows -- and by fish; but their experiences in coming up to the Gulf had shown that they could not expect much from this source. The Greatest Survival Stories Ever Told