Purslane, Portulaca oleracea L. ssp.oleracea, Family Portulacaceae is a common garden plant,  an alien creeper, with ovate leaves, thick and succulent.  It may be eaten right off the ground, put in salads, chopped into soup.   The payoff is Omega 3 essential fatty acids.
	Native Americans ate the leaves as a raw or cooked vegetable.  It was also boiled in soups and with meats.  Try it chopped in salads or in salad dressing even turkey stuffing.
	Medicine:  Used in lotions or as a poultice, a skin lotion.