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title: "I already know there’s purslane growing in my blue lily pot but what…"
description: "I already know there’s purslane growing in my blue lily pot but what is the other plant? It looks like an umbrella palm to me"
url: "https://getplanta.com/community/2OB1JXZXRQeo4spB0EojrA/lVuXSR3TABc2HnWnvVlCkX"
community: "Plant Identification"
author: "hope"
published: "2025-07-26T16:05:26.007231Z"
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# I already know there’s purslane growing in my blue lily pot but what…

_Posted by hope on 2025-07-26_

I already know there’s purslane growing in my blue lily pot but what is the other plant? It looks like an umbrella palm to me

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## 6 comments

### Lisa Anglim commented on 2025-07-26

It’s looks like purple vetch if I’m looking at the right thing.

#### hope replied on 2025-07-26

Sorry, I meant the buds with spiky leaves that peek over the pot

#### Lisa Anglim replied on 2025-07-27

Sorry it’s such a mishmash of plants it’s hard to tell.

### 9s commented on 2025-07-26

Nutsedge. It’s a weed 🙃

### Cnimom commented on 2025-07-27

I don’t see purslane. I see spurge.

### Roses\&Dandelions commented on 2026-02-28

That’s a spurge

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