Portulaca grandiflora Hook.

Locations ofPortulaca grandiflora Hook. in Virginia

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Family
Portulacaceae
Botanical Name
Portulaca grandiflora Hook.
Common Name
Rose-moss
Synonym(s)
Flora of Virginia Name/Status
in Taxa Not Treated: Waifs
Comments
Cited from Virginia by Matthews & Levins in Castanea 50:99 (1985); details unknown, as well as from Essex County by Fernald in Rhodora 44: 394 (1942) as a "stray from cultivation"; these two records not mapped. Records based on specimens at GMUF, VCU, and WILLI are mapped.
Habitat
Lawns, sandy river shores, and waste places. Rare escape from cultivation.
Native Status
Introduced

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