1 What is
1.1 Life Span
1.2 Type
Flowering Plants
Flowering Plants, Herbs
1.3 Origin
South America
Europe, Asia
1.4 Types
Not available
Not Available
1.4.1 Number of Varieties
1.5 Habitat
gardens, Roadsides, Waste areas
Rocky areas, Semi desert, Subtropical climates
1.6 USDA Hardiness Zone
2.3 AHS Heat Zone
2.4 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
2.5 Habit
Prostrate/Trailing
Upright/Erect
4 Information
4.1 Plant Size
4.1.1 Minimum Height
10.20 cm150.00 cm
0.54
3900
8.1.1 Minimum Width
20.30 cm30.00 cm
0.1
6350
8.11 Plant Color
8.11.1 Flower Color
8.11.2 Flower Color Modifier
8.11.3 Fruit Color
Not Available
Non Fruiting Plant
8.11.4 Leaf Color in Spring
8.11.5 Leaf Color in Summer
8.11.6 Leaf Color in Fall
8.11.7 Leaf Color in Winter
8.12 Shape
8.12.1 Leaf Shape
8.13 Thorns
9 Season
9.1 Plant Season
Summer, Fall
Summer, Fall, Winter
9.2 Growing Conditions
9.2.1 Sunlight
9.2.2 Growth Rate
9.2.3 Type of Soil
9.2.4 The pH of Soil
Neutral, Alkaline
Acidic, Neutral, Alkaline
9.2.5 Soil Drainage
9.2.6 Bloom Time
Indeterminate
Summer, Late Summer
9.2.7 Repeat Bloomer
9.3 Tolerances
Drought, Heat Tolerance
Not Available
10 Care
10.1 Where to Plant?
Container, Ground, Pot
Ground, Pot
10.2 How to Plant?
Seedlings
Seedlings, Stem Planting
10.3 Plant Maintenance
10.4 Watering Plants
10.4.1 Watering Requirements
Average Water Needs
Average Water Needs
10.4.2 In Summer
Lots of watering
Lots of watering
10.4.3 In Spring
10.4.4 In Winter
Average Water
Average Water
10.5 Soil
10.5.1 Soil pH
Acidic, Neutral, Slightly Acidic
Acidic, Neutral, Alkaline
10.5.2 Soil Type
10.5.3 Soil Drainage Capacity
10.6 Sun Exposure
10.7 Pruning
Remove damaged leaves, Remove dead branches, Remove dead leaves, Shearing
Remove damaged leaves, Remove dead branches, Remove dead leaves, Requires very little pruning
10.8 Fertilizers
Requires high amount of nitrogen
All-Purpose Liquid Fertilizer
10.9 Pests and Diseases
Aphids, Botrytis Blight, Brown Spots, Gray mold, Root rot, Stem rot
Pests and diseases free
10.10 Plant Tolerance
Drought, Heat Tolerance
Drought
11 Facts
11.1 Flowers
11.1.1 Flower Petal Number
11.2 Fruits
11.2.1 Showy Fruit
11.2.2 Edible Fruit
11.3 Fragrance
11.3.1 Fragrant Flower
11.3.2 Fragrant Fruit
11.3.3 Fragrant Leaf
11.3.4 Fragrant Bark/Stem
11.4 Showy Foliage
11.5 Showy Bark
11.6 Foliage Texture
11.7 Foliage Sheen
11.8 Evergreen
11.9 Invasive
11.10 Self-Sowing
11.11 Attracts
11.12 Allergy
Not Available
Skin irritation
12 Benefits
12.1 Uses
12.1.1 Aesthetic Uses
Beautification, Bouquets, Cottage Garden, Ground Cover, Showy Purposes
Showy Purposes
12.1.2 Beauty Benefits
Skin Problems
Not Available
12.1.3 Edible Uses
12.1.4 Environmental Uses
Air purification
Air purification
12.2 Plant Benefits
12.2.1 Medicinal Uses
Depurative, Insect Bites, Liver problems, Snakebite, Swelling
No Medicinal Use
12.2.2 Part of Plant Used
Flowers, Leaves, Stem, Whole plant
Flowers
12.2.3 Other Uses
Showy Purposes, Used As Food, Used for its medicinal properties
Dried heads are used in floristry, Used as Ornamental plant
12.3 Used As Indoor Plant
12.4 Used As Outdoor Plant
12.5 Garden Design
Cottage garden, Edible
Wildflower
13 Scientific Name
13.1 Botanical Name
PORTULACA grandiflora
DIPSACUS fullonum
13.2 Common Name
Moss Rose, Portulaca, Sundial Scarlet Portulaca
Fuller's Teasel
13.2.1 In Hindi
Portulaca
Fuller's Teasel
13.2.2 In German
13.2.3 In French
portulaca
Cardère à foulon
13.2.4 In Spanish
Portulaca
Cardo de Fuller
13.2.5 In Greek
Portulaca
Νεράγκαθο του Fuller
13.2.6 In Portuguese
Portulaca
Carda de Fuller
13.2.7 In Polish
13.2.8 In Latin
Portulaca
Teasel Fullonis
14 Classification
14.1 Kingdom
14.2 Phylum
14.3 Class
Magnoliopsida
Magnoliopsida
14.4 Order
Caryophyllales
Dipsacales
14.5 Family
Portulacaceae
Dipsacaceae
14.6 Genus
14.7 Clade
Angiosperms, Core eudicots, Eudicots
Angiosperms, Asterids, Eudicots
14.8 Tribe
Not Available
Not Available
14.9 Subfamily
Not Available
Dipsacoideae
14.10 Number of Species