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title: "Does anyone know what this plant is and how to care for it?"
description: "Does anyone know what this plant is and how to care for it?"
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community: "Anything about plants"
author: "Eva"
published: "2023-11-15T13:27:42.849Z"
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# Does anyone know what this plant is and how to care for it?

_Posted by Eva on 2023-11-15_

Does anyone know what this plant is and how to care for it?

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## 5 comments

### Beany commented on 2023-11-15

It looks lovely like purslane. My mother in law calls them verdolagas. They’re weeds and they are edible.

#### Eva replied on 2023-11-15

Thank you! I was worried it would be a weed, but it’s cool enough that I’ll keep it.

### Hort Specialist commented on 2023-11-15

Ahhhh good ole Purslane.

#### Sunny replied on 2023-11-15

It’s praised like a super food, now, with its heart disease preventing omega-3 acids plus minerals, and vitamins A and C. It’s touted as having the most concentrated form of omega-3 acids in a plant! It’s better than Kale!🤣.

#### Mullein replied on 2023-11-15

Really?! Wow 😮 It goes as a weed in my parents’ vegetable garden 😂 I’ll have to pull some up an try it next season. My parents always wanted help weeding when I lived at home. They should have told me it was a snack run instead of a chore 🤣

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