Life Span
Annual
Perennial
Type
Flowering Plants
Bulb or Corm or Tuber
Origin
South America
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Types
Portulaca grandiflora
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Number of Varieties
5010
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40000
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Habitat
gardens, Roadsides, Waste areas
Subtropical climates, Sunny Edge
USDA Hardiness Zone
5-11-9999
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99
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AHS Heat Zone
12 - 1
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Sunset Zone
A1, A2, A3, H1, H2, 1a, 1b, 2a, 2b, 3a, 3b, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24
21,22
Habit
Prostrate/Trailing
Clump-Forming
Plant Size
Minimum Height
10.20 cm30.00 cm
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3900
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Minimum Width
20.30 cm10.00 cm
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6350
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Plant Color
Flower Color
Red
White, Orange, Pink, Hot Pink, Coral, Crimson, Lavender, Ivory
Flower Color Modifier
Bicolor
Bicolor
Fruit Color
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Leaf Color in Spring
Green
Green, Gray Green, Dark Green
Leaf Color in Summer
Green
Light Green
Leaf Color in Fall
Green
Several shades of Green
Leaf Color in Winter
Light Green
Light Green
Shape
Leaf Shape
Needle like
Long linear and narrow
Thorns
✔
✘
✔
✘
Plant Season
Summer, Fall
Spring, Summer, Fall
Growing Conditions
Sunlight
Full Sun
Full Sun, Partial Sun
Growth Rate
Very Fast
Medium
Type of Soil
Loam, Sand
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The pH of Soil
Neutral, Alkaline
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Soil Drainage
Well drained
Well drained
Bloom Time
Indeterminate
Late Summer, Early Fall, Fall
Repeat Bloomer
✔
✘
✔
✘
Tolerances
Drought, Heat Tolerance
Drought
Where to Plant?
Container, Ground, Pot
Ground
How to Plant?
Seedlings
From bulbs
Plant Maintenance
Low
Medium
Watering Plants
Watering Requirements
Average Water Needs
Needs very little water
In Summer
Lots of watering
Lots of watering
In Spring
Moderate
Moderate
In Winter
Average Water
Average Water
Soil
Soil pH
Acidic, Neutral, Slightly Acidic
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Soil Type
Well drained
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Soil Drainage Capacity
Well drained
Well drained
Sun Exposure
Full Sun
Full Sun, Partial Sun
Pruning
Remove damaged leaves, Remove dead branches, Remove dead leaves, Shearing
Cut back the foliage when the plants die back naturally, Remove damaged leaves, Remove dead branches, Remove dead leaves
Fertilizers
Requires high amount of nitrogen
All-Purpose Liquid Fertilizer
Pests and Diseases
Aphids, Botrytis Blight, Brown Spots, Gray mold, Root rot, Stem rot
Pests and diseases free
Plant Tolerance
Drought, Heat Tolerance
Full Sun
Flowers
Showy
Showy
Flower Petal Number
Semi-Double
Single
Fruits
Showy Fruit
✔
✘
✔
✘
Edible Fruit
✔
✘
✔
✘
Fragrance
Fragrant Flower
✔
✘
✔
✘
Fragrant Fruit
✔
✘
✔
✘
Fragrant Leaf
✔
✘
✔
✘
Fragrant Bark/Stem
✔
✘
✔
✘
Showy Foliage
✔
✘
✔
✘
Showy Bark
✔
✘
✔
✘
Foliage Texture
Fine
Medium
Foliage Sheen
Matte
Matte
Evergreen
✔
✘
✔
✘
Invasive
✔
✘
✔
✘
Self-Sowing
✔
✘
✔
✘
Attracts
Butterflies
Bees, Butterflies, pollinators
Allergy
-
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Uses
Aesthetic Uses
Beautification, Bouquets, Cottage Garden, Ground Cover, Showy Purposes
Beautification, Cottage Garden, Informal Hedge, Mixed Border, Showy Purposes
Beauty Benefits
Skin Problems
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Edible Uses
✔
✘
✔
✘
Environmental Uses
Air purification
Air purification, Deer resistant, Food for insects
Plant Benefits
Medicinal Uses
Depurative, Insect Bites, Liver problems, Snakebite, Swelling
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Part of Plant Used
Flowers, Leaves, Stem, Whole plant
Bulbs
Other Uses
Showy Purposes, Used As Food, Used for its medicinal properties
bulb used as starch
Used As Indoor Plant
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✘
✔
✘
Used As Outdoor Plant
✔
✘
✔
✘
Garden Design
Cottage garden, Edible
Cutflower, Feature Plant, Mixed Border
Botanical Name
PORTULACA grandiflora
LYCORIS
Common Name
Moss Rose, Portulaca, Sundial Scarlet Portulaca
Naked Ladies, Spiderlily, Surprise Lily
In Hindi
Portulaca
surprise lily
In German
Portulak
Überraschung Lilie
In French
portulaca
Lycoris squamigera
In Spanish
Portulaca
Lycoris squamigera
In Greek
Portulaca
surprise lily
In Portuguese
Portulaca
surpresa lírio
In Polish
Portulaca
niespodzianka lilia
In Latin
Portulaca
surprise lily
Kingdom
Plantae
Plantae
Phylum
Magnoliophyta
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Class
Magnoliopsida
Liliopsida
Order
Caryophyllales
Asparagales
Family
Portulacaceae
Amaryllidaceae
Genus
Portulaca
Lycoris
Clade
Angiosperms, Core eudicots, Eudicots
Angiosperms, Monocotyledonous
Tribe
-
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Subfamily
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Amaryllidoideae
Number of Species
110
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27800
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