Scientific Name: Portulaca grandiflora
Common Name: portulaca
Family Name: Portulacaceae
Origin: South America
Hardiness Zone: Zone 10: (-1 to 4 °C)
Plant Type: Annual (grown as), Succulent or Cacti
Mature Size: 0.1 - 0.2m x 0.1 - 0.3m (height x width)
Habit: Open, Spreading
Form: Creeping / Mat-like, Weeping
Texture: Fine
Landscape Uses: Bedding plant, Container planting, Group or mass planting, Hanging basket
Exposure: Full sun
Soil or Media: Rocky or gravelly or dry, Well-drained
Leaves: Simple, Alternate, Succulent, Pubescent, Lanceolate, Ciliate
Flowers: Flowers solitary, White, Orange, Yellow, Pink, Magenta, Red, Dark-red, May-Jun-Jul-Aug-Sep-Oct
Fruit: Capsule, Brown, Sep-Oct
Key ID Features:
Succulent, tubular leaves have a round tip and hairs at the base.