Also known as Purslane, Pigweed and Hogweed Verdolagas is a member of the Portulacaceae family along with miners lettuce and rose moss. Currently there are approximately 40 different varieties Verdolagas which vary in leaf and stem color and size as well as in how it grows, upright vs sprawling.
For other people named Sandy Allen, see Sandy Allen (disambiguation). Sandra Elaine Sandy Allen (June 18, 1955 â August 13, 2008) was a U.S. woman recognized as the tallest woman during her life according to Guinness World Records. She was 7'7 (231 cm) in height. Allen wrote a book titled Cast A Giant Shadow, and appeared in the Guinness Book of World Records since 1976.
While Yao held the Guinness World Record for the world's tallest living woman, the woman hailed at the tallest woman ever by Guinness is Zeng Jinlian of China. In 1982, she died age 17, measuring eight feet 1.75 inches. The world's tallest living man is Turkey's Sultan KÃ¶sen, at eight-foot-three.