These are some pictures of the ones used for eating during their blooming stages. All of their flowers are yellow. There is no variation in their color.

Yes, that's the species Portulaca oleracea.

Thanks, Jeff!

I would just like to tell anyone who is a diabetic (type 2) that you should try eating purslane seeds. I am and it is helping me to keep my readings lower. I eat about 4 or 5 tops of purslane containing seeds, about 2 times a day and my numbers are better. My numbers were so improved that I thought there was something wrong with my meter and I called for a new one. When I got it I put a strip in each meter and got the same results and i thought about what I recently changed in my diet and it was the addition of purslane.

Purslane is so full of good stuff! That's wonderful to hear of your success!

Hi & welcome, Ppcorella! That's amazing, ty for sharing it!

That's very interesting. I did not know that about purslane. Thanks for the info!

This is an where common names should raise red flags and make people nervous, edibility/medicinal uses of plants. Purslane is used to refer to P. oleracea and umbraticola. Are the nutritients/medical benefits the same for both? IDK.

IDK either but I eat the ornamental in salads. The new growth.

They're very closely related and probably have very similar nutritional value. The ornamental purslane is just a descendant of the old standard purslane where they kept selecting for more and better flowers.