1 What is
1.1 Life Span
1.2 Type
1.3 Origin
South America
Eastern Africa, Southern Africa
1.4 Types
Afternoon delight
Calpyso Mix
Duet
Robusta blue, Robusta green, Curvula
1.4.1 Number of Varieties
1.5 Habitat
All sorts of environments
Cultivated Beds
1.6 USDA Hardiness Zone
1.7 AHS Heat Zone
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
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
Clump-Forming
2 Information
2.1 Plant Size
2.1.1 Minimum Height
7.60 cm90.00 cm
0.54
3900
1.10.1 Minimum Width
25.40 cm90.00 cm
0.1
6350
1.11 Plant Color
1.11.1 Flower Color
White, Red, Orange, Pink, Magenta, Salmon
Gray, Lavender
1.11.2 Flower Color Modifier
1.11.3 Fruit Color
Not Available
Gray Green, Silver
1.11.4 Leaf Color in Spring
1.11.5 Leaf Color in Summer
1.11.6 Leaf Color in Fall
1.11.7 Leaf Color in Winter
Light Green
Yellow, Dark Green, Bronze
1.12 Shape
1.12.1 Leaf Shape
1.13 Thorns
2 Season
2.1 Plant Season
Summer, Fall
Summer, Fall, Winter
2.2 Growing Conditions
2.2.1 Sunlight
2.2.2 Growth Rate
2.2.3 Type of Soil
2.2.4 The pH of Soil
Neutral, Alkaline
Acidic, Neutral, Alkaline
2.2.5 Soil Drainage
Well drained
Well drained
2.2.6 Bloom Time
Indeterminate
Late Summer, Early Fall
2.2.7 Repeat Bloomer
2.3 Tolerances
3 Care
3.1 Where to Plant?
Container, Ground, Pot
Ground
3.2 How to Plant?
3.3 Plant Maintenance
3.4 Watering Plants
3.4.1 Watering Requirements
Needs watering once a week
Average Water Needs
3.4.2 In Summer
Lots of watering
Lots of watering
3.4.3 In Spring
3.4.4 In Winter
Average Water
Average Water
3.5 Soil
3.5.1 Soil pH
Slightly Acidic
Acidic, Neutral, Alkaline
3.5.2 Soil Type
Loam, Loose, Sandy
Loam, Sand
3.5.3 Soil Drainage Capacity
Well drained
Well drained
3.6 Sun Exposure
Bright direct sunlight
Full Sun
3.7 Pruning
Remove damaged leaves, Remove dead branches, Remove dead leaves
Cut back old stems to the ground
3.8 Fertilizers
All-Purpose Liquid Fertilizer
Requires high amount of nitrogen
3.9 Pests and Diseases
Red blotch
No serious insect or disease problems
3.10 Plant Tolerance
4 Facts
4.1 Flowers
4.1.1 Flower Petal Number
4.2 Fruits
4.2.1 Showy Fruit
4.2.2 Edible Fruit
4.3 Fragrance
4.3.1 Fragrant Flower
4.3.2 Fragrant Fruit
4.3.3 Fragrant Leaf
4.3.4 Fragrant Bark/Stem
4.4 Showy Foliage
4.5 Showy Bark
4.6 Foliage Texture
4.7 Foliage Sheen
4.8 Evergreen
4.9 Invasive
4.10 Self-Sowing
4.11 Attracts
Butterflies
Not Available
4.12 Allergy
Not Applicable
conjunctivitis, Pollen
5 Benefits
5.1 Uses
5.1.1 Aesthetic Uses
Landscape Designing
Borders, Showy Purposes
5.1.2 Beauty Benefits
Not Available
Not Available
5.1.3 Edible Uses
5.1.4 Environmental Uses
Air purification
Erosion control
5.2 Plant Benefits
5.2.1 Medicinal Uses
Depurative, Hypotensive, Wounds
No Medicinal Use
5.2.2 Part of Plant Used
5.2.3 Other Uses
Decoration Purposes, Used as an ointment
Used as a grain, Used to make baskets, brooms, hats
5.3 Used As Indoor Plant
5.4 Used As Outdoor Plant
5.5 Garden Design
Landscape
Bedding Plant, Container, Edging, Groundcover, Mixed Border, Rock Garden / Wall
6 Scientific Name
6.1 Botanical Name
PORTULACA grandiflora
ERAGROSTIS curvula
6.2 Common Name
Moss Rose
Weeping Lovegrass
6.2.1 In Hindi
मॉस गुलाब
Weeping Lovegrass
6.2.2 In German
Moss Rose
Weinend lovegrass
6.2.3 In French
Moss Rose
Weeping lovegrass
6.2.4 In Spanish
musgo de Rose
Pasto llorón
6.2.5 In Greek
Moss Rose
κλάμα Lovegrass
6.2.6 In Portuguese
rosa-musgo
chorando lovegrass
6.2.7 In Polish
Moss Rose
Płacząca Lovegrass
6.2.8 In Latin
Rosa moss
Plorans Lovegrass
7 Classification
7.1 Kingdom
7.2 Phylum
Angiosperms
Magnoliophyta
7.3 Class
7.4 Order
7.5 Family
7.6 Genus
7.7 Clade
Angiosperms, Core eudicots, Eudicots
Angiosperms, Commelinids, Monocots
7.8 Tribe
Not Available
Eragrostideae
7.9 Subfamily
Not Available
Chloridoideae
7.10 Number of Species