About Portulaca

Portulaca

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1 What is

1.1 Life Span

Annual

1.2 Type

Flowering Plants

1.3 Origin

South America

1.4 Types

Not available

1.4.1 Number of Varieties

Not Available

Rank: N/A (Overall) ▶

0 40000

1.5 Habitat

gardens, Roadsides, Waste areas

1.6 USDA Hardiness Zone

5-11

0 99

1.7 AHS Heat Zone

12 - 1

1.8 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

1.9 Habit

Prostrate/Trailing

2 Information

2.1 Plant Size

2.1.1 Minimum Height

10.20 cm

Rank: 100 (Overall) ▶

0.54 3900

2.1.2 Minimum Width

20.30 cm

Rank: 100 (Overall) ▶

0.1 6350

2.2 Plant Color

2.2.1 Flower Color

Red

2.2.2 Flower Color Modifier

Bicolor

2.2.3 Fruit Color

Not Available

2.2.4 Leaf Color in Spring

Green

2.2.5 Leaf Color in Summer

Green

2.2.6 Leaf Color in Fall

Green

2.2.7 Leaf Color in Winter

Light Green

2.3 Shape

2.3.1 Leaf Shape

Needle like

2.4 Thorns

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8% - Annual Plants Garden Plants have it ! ▶

3 Season

3.1 Plant Season

Summer, Fall

3.2 Growing Conditions

3.2.1 Sunlight

Full Sun

3.2.2 Growth Rate

Very Fast

3.2.3 Type of Soil

Loam, Sand

3.2.4 The pH of Soil

Neutral, Alkaline

3.2.5 Soil Drainage

Well drained

3.2.6 Bloom Time

Indeterminate

3.2.7 Repeat Bloomer

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60% - Annual Plants Garden Plants have it ! ▶

3.3 Tolerances

Drought, Heat Tolerance

4 Care

4.1 Where to Plant?

Container, Ground, Pot

4.2 How to Plant?

Seedlings

4.3 Plant Maintenance

Low

4.4 Watering Plants

4.4.1 Watering Requirements

Average Water Needs

4.4.2 In Summer

Lots of watering

4.4.3 In Spring

Moderate

4.4.4 In Winter

Average Water

4.5 Soil

4.5.1 Soil pH

Acidic, Neutral, Slightly Acidic

4.5.2 Soil Type

Well drained

4.5.3 Soil Drainage Capacity

Well drained

4.6 Sun Exposure

Full Sun

4.7 Pruning

Remove damaged leaves, Remove dead branches, Remove dead leaves, Shearing

4.8 Fertilizers

Requires high amount of nitrogen

4.9 Pests and Diseases

Aphids, Botrytis Blight, Brown Spots, Gray mold, Root rot, Stem rot

4.10 Plant Tolerance

Drought, Heat Tolerance

5 Facts

5.1 Flowers

Showy

5.1.1 Flower Petal Number

Semi-Double

5.2 Fruits

5.2.1 Showy Fruit

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34% - Annual Plants Garden Plants have it ! ▶

5.2.2 Edible Fruit

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30% - Annual Plants Garden Plants have it ! ▶

5.3 Fragrance

5.3.1 Fragrant Flower

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50% - Annual Plants Garden Plants have it ! ▶

5.3.2 Fragrant Fruit

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15% - Annual Plants Garden Plants have it ! ▶

5.3.3 Fragrant Leaf

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22% - Annual Plants Garden Plants have it ! ▶

5.3.4 Fragrant Bark/Stem

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17% - Annual Plants Garden Plants have it ! ▶

5.4 Showy Foliage

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40% - Annual Plants Garden Plants have it ! ▶

5.5 Showy Bark

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3% - Annual Plants Garden Plants have it ! ▶

5.6 Foliage Texture

Fine

5.7 Foliage Sheen

Matte

5.8 Evergreen

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2% - Annual Plants Garden Plants have it ! ▶

5.9 Invasive

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6% - Annual Plants Garden Plants have it ! ▶

5.10 Self-Sowing

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71% - Annual Plants Garden Plants have it ! ▶

5.11 Attracts

Butterflies

5.12 Allergy

Not Available

6 Benefits

6.1 Uses

6.1.1 Aesthetic Uses

Beautification, Bouquets, Cottage Garden, Ground Cover, Showy Purposes

6.1.2 Beauty Benefits

Skin Problems

6.1.3 Edible Uses

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76% - Annual Plants Garden Plants have it ! ▶

6.1.4 Environmental Uses

Air purification

6.2 Plant Benefits

6.2.1 Medicinal Uses

Depurative, Insect Bites, Liver problems, Snakebite, Swelling

6.2.2 Part of Plant Used

Flowers, Leaves, Stem, Whole plant

6.2.3 Other Uses

Showy Purposes, Used As Food, Used for its medicinal properties

6.3 Used As Indoor Plant

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31% - Annual Plants Garden Plants have it ! ▶

6.4 Used As Outdoor Plant

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All - Annual Plants Garden Plants have it ! ▶

6.5 Garden Design

Cottage garden, Edible

7 Scientific Name

7.1 Botanical Name

PORTULACA grandiflora

7.2 Common Name

Moss Rose, Portulaca, Sundial Scarlet Portulaca

7.2.1 In Hindi

Portulaca

7.2.2 In German

Portulak

7.2.3 In French

portulaca

7.2.4 In Spanish

Portulaca

7.2.5 In Greek

Portulaca

7.2.6 In Portuguese

Portulaca

7.2.7 In Polish

Portulaca

7.2.8 In Latin

Portulaca

8 Classification

8.1 Kingdom

Plantae

8.2 Phylum

Magnoliophyta

8.3 Class

Magnoliopsida

8.4 Order

Caryophyllales

8.5 Family

Portulacaceae

8.6 Genus

Portulaca

8.7 Clade

Angiosperms, Core eudicots, Eudicots

8.8 Tribe

Not Available

8.9 Subfamily

Not Available

8.10 Number of Species

Rank: 100 (Overall) ▶

1 27800

Properties of Portulaca

Want to know the properties of Portulaca? Then you are at the right place. Here you'll know everything about every plant. Knowing the properties of garden plants is very interesting. Portulaca is a flowering plantalso, its flowers are non fragrant. Many garden plants possess some allergies. One should know everything about before planting. It has allergic reactions which are Not Available. Portulaca Benefits are as follows:

Medicinal use: Depurative, Insect Bites, Liver problems, Snakebite and Swelling
Part of plant used: Flowers, Leaves, Stem and Whole plant

It is always necessary for every botanist to study and know all the characteristics of every plant. Scientific classification which includes kingdom, clade, genus, tribe and order are important parameters to understand for every botanist. The gardener must know the properties like the kind of soil required, the amount of water needed, fertilization and pruning required for respective plant. All these properties differ according to plant.

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Portulaca Physical Information

Physical information is must while knowing everything about Portulaca. Physical information includes the exterior appearance of the plant. The appearance of the plants is well considered factor, especially when you want your garden to be very attractive. Learn about color of leaves and flowers which differs even from the same species of plants. Portulaca physical information is as follows: 10.20 cm tall and 20.30 cm wide. Its leaf shape is Needle like. Also it has following color specifications:

Flower color: Red
Leaf color: Green

Care of Portulaca

Taking Portulaca Care is very important. Pruning, fertilizing, timely watering is very important care factors of any plant. If proper care is taken, results are refreshing and green plants which have a healthy life. Hence every garden plant care should be taken properly. Care of Portulaca include pruning, which should be done Remove damaged leaves, Remove dead branches, Remove dead leaves and Shearing. The watering done in summer is Lots of watering and in winter is Average Water. It needs Full Sun for its proper growth.

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Season and care of Portulaca

Many a times, care of plants is dependent on the season of the plant. Hence season and care of Portulaca is important if you are planning to plant it in your garden. It is a Annual plant. Portulaca is a very important plant from Annual Plants. There are Not Available varieties of this plant, among which some popular species are: Not available. This plant's habitat is gardens, Roadsides and Waste areas and it comes in the hardiness zone 5-11. If you want to keep your garden blooming for all year, grow different plants which blooms in different seasons. Also, understanding habitat of plants is necessary to know, it helps to adjust the environment of the plant like the type of soil and temperature needed for it, according to region it originated from.