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the weed gardeners curse outguns spinach on omega-3s, smugly.
means A low-growing succulent plant (Portulaca oleracea) with fleshy leaves and reddish stems, treated as a weed by many but eaten as a tangy, nutritious leafy green.
from From Old French 'porcelaine,' itself from Latin 'porcil(l)aca,' a variant of 'portulaca' — the classical Latin name for the plant. The Latin may be tied to 'portula,' a 'little door' or 'gate,' possibly a nod to the way the seed capsule pops open with a tiny lid. Curiously, that same French 'porcelaine' also gave us 'porcelain,' so the despised garden weed shares a distant linguistic root with the finest china.
- omega-3 king
- Highest omega-3 of any leafy green
- sidewalk survivor
- Thrives in cracks, drought, abuse
- global menu
- Eaten from Mexico to Greece for millennia
- lemon tang
- Sour, juicy, secretly delicious raw
- NASA cred
- Studied as space-farming candidate crop
portulaca grandiflora — ornamental succulent flower native to south america, cultivated worldwide in gardens
portulaca oleracea — edible leafy green consumed across mediterranean, india, and middle east cuisines