On Sun, 2 May 2010 22:36:03 +0100, "Christina Websell"
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"Chris Hogg" wrote in message
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On Sun, 2 May 2010 18:08:57 +0100, "Christina Websell"
wrote:

I was given some a few years ago, and understood I can eat it. Now it's
spread enough I have my eyes on it for a salad ingredient.
It's a variant = the flowers are pink.
Looks a bit like chickweed. but leaves are larger.

Anyone else have pink purslane?

Tina



By coincidence, a week ago we came across a patch of pink purslane
(Montia sibirica), growing wild in an area of rhododendron woodland
cleared a few years ago. Said to be an annual, so I guess this patch
regenerates every year. Chiltern sell the seeds; grows well in damp
shade, they say, which is where the patch we saw was growing.

Purslane is supposed to be very high in omega-3 fatty acids and good
for you. But quite a lot of things get called purslane, so whether
it's this one, I don't know.

A brief look at images online suggests it's montia sibirica, but as I said
to Stuart upthread I'll look more closely at it tomorrow.
It's growing in damp shade and the person who gave me the original plant
said it was edible. It seems to be an annual but self seeds readily.
Looks quite succulent for a few leaves in a salad along with garlic mustard
and a few young dandelion leaves ;-)

Rusty should kick in here, I hope. An expert on wild living (so to speak..)
erm, living from the wild..

Rusty will eat anything without a face, and even some things with one.


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