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Portulaca intraterranea, the large pigweed, is a succulent herb native to deserts of central Australia.
The leaves are succulent, with flowers 2.5–3.5 cm wide. Aboriginal Australians eat the thick tap-root which tastes like potato.Like most plants in the portulacaceae family they use belatins instead of antocyanins. Their leaves are thick usually 0.25 cm-0.75 cm to store water.
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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Portulaca intraterranea by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts are shared under the same licence.
Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.
