An edible leafy vegetable often called Chinese spinach; a plant with long stems and oval leaves that may be purple or green.

purslane (Portulaca oleracea); a succulent annual plant used in cooking and traditional medicine; also called [[长寿菜|長壽菜|chang2 shou4 cai4]]

prickly amaranth (Amaranthus spinosus)

succulent flowering plant in the purslane family, Portulaca grandiflora, often grown for its colorful flowers

rose moss, a flowering succulent plant with brightly colored blooms that open in the sun

white amaranth (Amaranthus albus); also the tender sprouts and leaves of Chinese spinach used as food

white amaranth and purple eggplant; an unpretentious lifestyle or simple, common food

The amaranth family; Amaranthaceae, a family of flowering plants including herbs such as [[苋菜|莧菜|xian4 cai4]] (Chinese spinach).

wild amaranth (Amaranthus blitum or Amaranthus viridis), an annual herb in the amaranth family often used in traditional medicine or as food; tumbleweed