Peplis
(an old Greek name given by Dioscorides to Euphorbia Peplis, and by others to Portulaca). ORD. Lythrarieae. A genus comprising three species of small, hardy, annual herbs, natives of Europe, North Africa, and temperate Asia. Flowers axillary, sessile, solitary, minute, minutely bibracteolate; calyx lobes and petals six, rarely five. Leaves alternate or opposite, obovate or linear-oblong, entire. The species are of little or no horticultural value. P. Portula is a common weed, found in moist places in Britain.