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| This purslane/portulaca is growing at a resort in Cabo San Lucas. From a distance, the blossom looked like a single petal rose which I knew it wasn't.
Sorry, but the bloom is bruised a bit. I'm posting a second photo showing the underside of the flower and some of the foliage which is more slender and elongated than most portulacas I've seen. Thanks in advance. |
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- Posted by brodyjames 5 (My Page) on Wed, Nov 14, 12 at 15:08
| Looks like Moss Rose to me.... Nancy |
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- Posted by rosemariero6 z10 /ss24 So. Calif. (My Page) on Wed, Nov 14, 12 at 15:50
| Portulaca pilosa, common name Kiss me Quick. Couild be a named variety, seeing the special coloring. =) |
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- Posted by purpleinopp 8b AL (My Page) on Thu, Nov 15, 12 at 9:54
| I think it's a Portulaca grandiflora. P. pilosa has TINY flowers, about 100x smaller than that. |
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- Posted by rosemariero6 z10 /ss24 So. Calif. (My Page) on Thu, Nov 15, 12 at 10:38
| Yes, purpleinopp is correct! =) I wasn't thinking...size of bloom. Portulaca grandiflora is a better fit! |
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- Posted by purpleinopp 8b AL (My Page) on Thu, Nov 15, 12 at 11:06
| You're welcome, but Nancy's comment was what pointed *me* in the right direction. I just knew it wasn't P. pilosa because after admiring that tiny plant in the cracks of parking lots and in the gravel at the side of the road for years, I was finally able to get a good picture and ID it on the NTP forum. It's a native, kind of unusual when it comes to tiny but still showy, noticeable flowers. A few little pieces of P. pilosa I rescued from the parking lot across the street before it was repaved are struggling (or maybe just going dormant,) but hopefully they dropped seeds in their pot if the mamas don't make it. I adore tiny plants and this is probably the cutest one I've ever seen. I hope to use some in a fairy garden pot next spring. |
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