Question about a plant

[Hatchcanyon]

I'd like to ask what kind of plant is this:

http://hatchcanyon.eu/Navigation/USA/Utah/Hanksville/Great%20Traverse/Horse%20Bench/DSC01174_12.jpg

The picture is from Horse Bench south of Green River. We have seen this plant on other places too.

Thank you for help!

[Bootboy]

Purslane.

It's edible and highly nutritious.

[Hatchcanyon]

Purslane.

It's edible and highly nutritious.

Beware!

Rob Clifford from ExpeditionUtah gave another explanation. It is Halogeton Glomeratus (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Halogeton_glomeratus), a highly noxouis species, especially dangerous for sheep.

[Bootboy]

Beware!

Rob Clifford from ExpeditionUtah gave another explanation. It is Halogeton Glomeratus (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Halogeton_glomeratus), a highly noxouis species, especially dangerous for sheep.

Aha, I stand corrected.

Upon closer inspection I see that the leaves are all wrong. Halogeton typically grows upward, and is typically recognized in its flowering state, which is why I thought at first that it was purslane, which invariably grows outward, along the ground.

I saw the red stems and was fooled.

Yeah, don't eat that stuff