PLANTS Profile for Portulaca grandiflora (rose moss)

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PLANTS Profile

Portulaca grandiflora Hook.
rose moss

Symbol:

POGR7

Group:

Dicot

Family:

Portulacaceae

Duration:

Annual

Growth Habit:

Forb/herb

Native Status:

L48		I
PR		I
CAN		W

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Line Drawing of Portulaca grandiflora Hook.

Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913. An illustrated flora of the northern United States, Canada and the British Possessions. 3 vols. Charles Scribner's Sons, New York. Vol. 2: 41. Courtesy of Kentucky Native Plant Society. Scanned by Omnitek Inc. Usage Requirements.

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Portulaca grandiflora Hook.

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Distribution:
Portulaca grandiflora Hook.


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See U.S. county distributions (when available) by clicking on the map or the linked states below:
USA (CA, CT, FL, GA, IA, IL, KS, LA, MA, MD, MI, MN, MO, MS, NC, NE, NJ, NY, OH, OK, PA, RI, SC, TX, VA, VT, WI), USA+ (PR), CAN (MB, ON)

Related Taxa:
Portulaca grandiflora Hook.

View 10 genera in Portulacaceae, 18 species in Portulaca

Classification:
Portulaca grandiflora Hook.

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Kingdom	Plantae – Plants
Subkingdom	Tracheobionta – Vascular plants
Superdivision	Spermatophyta – Seed plants
Division	Magnoliophyta – Flowering plants
Class	Magnoliopsida – Dicotyledons
Subclass	Caryophyllidae
Order	Caryophyllales
Family	Portulacaceae – Purslane family
Genus	Portulaca L. – purslane
Species	Portulaca grandiflora Hook. – rose moss

Introduced Information:
Portulaca grandiflora Hook.

This plant is introduced to some part of the PLANTS Floristic Area, though it may be native in other parts. Click on link below for a partial or complete list of PFA introduced plants.

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More Accounts and Images:
Portulaca grandiflora Hook.

View species account and distribution map from Flora of North America (FNA).

View species account and distribution from USF Atlas of Florida Vascular Plants.

View species account from ARS Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN).

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 20419.

View species account and distribution map from Jepson Interchange (University of California - Berkeley).

View species account from Kemper Center for Home Gardening.

View photographs and distribution from University of Tennessee Herbarium.

View species account and photographs from University of Wisconsin - Stevens Point Freckmann Herbarium.

Time Generated: 06/19/2013 09:05 PM CDT