What plant is this? (2)

Portulaca oleracea

(pigweed, purslane)

Part 1 'Poisonous plants a plenty'

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pigweed (Portulaca oleracea)

What it causes: Hypocalcaemia and kidney crystals due to soluble oxalates. Nitrate-nitrite poisoning under some conditions.

phytotoxic causes of sudden death in northern Australia

when soluble oxalates in plants are likely to cause livestock poisonings

main effects of soluble oxalates on body

post mortem diagnosis of oxalate poisoning