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Potulaca grandiflora

Photo by Marlon829
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Description:

Portulaca grandiflora is a flowering plant in the family Portulacaceae, native to Argentina, southern Brazil, and Uruguay and often cultivated in gardens

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This is a different species called wingpod purslane (Portulaca umbraticola). Purtulaca grandiflora has cylindrical needle-like leaves while the ones pictured here has broader leaves more like the common purslane.

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PublishedNovember 19, 2015

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