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Portulaca grandiflora is a succulent flowering plant in the purslane family Portulacaceae, native to southern Brazil, Argentina, and Uruguay and often cultivated in gardens. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] It has many common names , including rose moss , [ 4 ] eleven o'clock , [ 3 ] Mexican rose , [ 3 ] moss rose , [ 3 ] sun rose , [ 5 ] table rose , [ citation ...
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Portulaca (/ ˌ p ɔːr tj uː ˈ l eɪ k ə / [3]) is a genus of flowering plants in the family Portulacaceae, and is the type genus of the family. With over 100 species, it is found in the tropics and warm temperate regions.
This category includes the endemic and native plants of Portugal. Taxa of the lowest rank are always included. Higher taxa are included only if endemic. According to the World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, this category excludes the Azores, Madeira and Savage Islands. These are subcategories of Category:Flora of Macaronesia
Portugal, [e] officially the Portuguese Republic, [f] is a country in the Iberian Peninsula in Southwestern Europe.Featuring the westernmost point in continental Europe, Portugal borders Spain to its north and east, with which it shares the longest uninterrupted border in the European Union; to the south and the west is the North Atlantic Ocean; and to the west and southwest lie the ...
Portugal as a whole is an important stopover for migratory bird species: the southern marshes of the eastern Algarve (Ria Formosa, Castro Marim) and the Lisbon Region (Tagus Estuary, Sado Estuary) hosting various aquatic bird species, the Bonelli's eagle and Egyptian vulture on the northern valleys of the Douro International, the black stork ...
Portulaca grandiflora is a well-known ornamental garden plant. Purslanes are relished by chickens. Some Portulaca species are used as food plants by the larvae of some Lepidoptera species including the nutmeg moth (Hadula trifolii).
Portugal has had 7 national winners, one of whom has also won at the continental level. Some of these trees include the oldest cork oak in the world, the Sobreiro Monumental, [3] the 180 year old Plane Tree of Rossio, [4] the 150 year old Eucalyptus of Contige [5] and the 300 year old Camélia.