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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 ...
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.
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).
Scrophularia grandiflora is a perennial rhizomatous pubescent herb with stems up to 1.80 m (5.9 ft) tall, ramified at the base. pinnatisect leaves. Inflorescence is usually 24–110 cm (9.4–43.3 in) long with a group of 10 flowers at the base and the rest around 2-6 flowers, opposed, occasionally alternate.
P. oleracea flower. The plant may reach 40 centimetres (16 inches) in height. It has smooth, reddish, mostly prostrate stems, and the leaves, which may be alternate or opposite, are clustered at stem joints and ends. [3]
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Only in B. litoralis, B. josephinae, B. grandiflora, B. undulata and B. herrei do the leaves stand clear of the ground. Although usually smooth, the upper leaf surfaces of two Namaqualand species ( B. radula and B. namaquana ) are covered with straw-coloured bristles and in some populations of B. striata from the southern Cape, they bear soft ...
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