Garden Portulaca

Portulaca grandiflora

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Botanical name
Portulaca grandiflora
Also known as
Eleven-O'clock, Garden Portulaca, Garden Purslane, Mexican-Rose, Moss-Rose, Moss-Rose Purslane, Rose Moss, Rose-Moss, Rose-Moss-of-Garden, Sunplant
Family
Portulacaceae
Genus
Portulaca
Reference
World Flora Online

How to grow Garden Portulaca

We have not written a growing guide for this species yet.

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Other names for this plant

These names have all been used for Portulaca grandiflora but are no longer the accepted name. You may still meet them on old labels, in books, or in nursery catalogues.

Portulaca grandiflora f. depressa Portulaca grandiflora f. granulata Portulaca grandiflora subsp. cisplatina Portulaca grandiflora subsp. ruizii Portulaca grandiflora var. aurantiaca Portulaca grandiflora var. cisplatina Portulaca grandiflora var. depressa Portulaca grandiflora var. purpurea Portulaca hilaireana Portulaca immersostellulata Portulaca mendocinensis Portulaca multistaminata Portulaca pilosa subsp. cisplatina Portulaca pilosa subsp. grandiflora Portulaca pilosa var. grandiflora Portulaca pilosa var. osteniana

Others in Portulaca

Portulaca amilis
Portulaca biloba
Portulaca colombiana
Portulaca confertifolia
Portulaca cyanosperma
Portulaca hatsbachii
Portulaca howellii
Galapagos Purslane
Portulaca humilis

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