Chiba University Matsudo/Kashiwa Campus Plant Database

Details of genus: Portulaca L. [548]

genus_ja:

genus_en: Purslane, Rose moss

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accepted: Accepted

Family: Portulacaceae

family_ja: スベリヒユ

Infra familial classification:

distribution_en: Trop. & warm

description_en: Genus of 100 semi-succulent, mainly erect to trailing annuals, with a few perennials, found in dry, sandy soils in warm-temperate and tropical regions. They have small, fleshy, alternate to sometimes opposite, flat to cylindrical, almost moss-like leaves, which are very variable in colour, often white, green, or red. They are grown for their showy, cup-shaped, rose-like, 4- to 7-petalled, scarlet, carmine, purple, yellow, pink, apricot, or white flowers, which usually have a leafy rosette of foliage below each flowerhead; flowering is best in dry summers. Grow as annuals in a sunny, dry border or bank, or in a window-box or other container.

hardiness_en: Half hardy to frost tender.

cultivation_en:

propagation_en: Sow seed at 13-18°C (55-64°F) in mid-spring.

pests_en: Prone to aphids. Seedlings are susceptible to damping-off.

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comment_ja: スベリヒユ，マツバボタン

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Update Information: Created: 2007-12-06 12:51; Updated: 2022-03-09 15:20

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