Pink Purslane - native (Calandrina calyptrata)

Family: Portulacaceae. (Purslane family).

Native.

Scattered. It may be locally abundant.

Identification:

• it is a small succulent
• the leaves are succulent, green or red, resembling tiny sausages.
• the flowers are small, pink, and on slender stalks.

Name. Calandrina: after Jean-Louis Calandrini, 1703-1758, a Swiss botanist.

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