Flower ID: IMG_7277.JPG-07-07-2023 Flower name (scientific): Portulaca grandiflora William Jackson Hooker PY: 1829. Pronunciation guide: (phonetic spelling) por-tew-LAY-kah (or por-tu-LAK-a or por-tew-LAH-kuh) gran-dih-FLOR-ah Flower name (common): Moss-rose Family name (common): Purslane Family name (scientific): Portulacaceae Scientific name origin: Genus: From a name porcilacca in Pliny. Some sources suggest that it may possibly be from the Latin porto meaning to carry and lac meaning milk, which refers to the milky sap. Another suggestion is that it comes from the Latin portula for small gate, referring to the seed capsule opening like a door. The OED indicates that there are a number of spelling variants of this word, making the origin obscure. Specific epithet: With large flowers. Common name origin: Flower description: Size: 1.0 to 2.2 inches (2.5 to 5.6 cm) Petal count: 30 (5 to 30+) Color: red (other colors such as white, pink, purple, yellow, and bronze occur) Other: flower arrangement, Solitary Plant description: Size: 6 to 12 inches (15 to 30 cm) Stem can be prostrate to suberect. Stem hairy: Other: Leaf description: attachment is alternate, type is simple Size: Color: Hairy: Other: Shape: leaf, linear to lanceolate (FNA), linear-oblong (MP) Origin (native, introduced, invasive): Introduced Status (common, uncommon, threatened, rare): Uncommon Bloom time (typical): July to September Cycle (annual, biennial, perennial): Annual Habitat: Waste areas, roadsides, possibly escaped from cultivated gardens, dry, sandy soils, sun. Fruit: Seed: Importance to wildlife: Similar species (if any): Ethnobotany: Latitude: 44.798257 Longitude: -91.524925 Altitude: 242.00 Distribution: In Wisconsin: (Dane, Eau Claire, Manitowoc, Taylor, Walworth) Click here for distribution map In US: (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) Click here for distribution map In Canada: (MB, ON) Click here for distribution map References: Synonym(s): Basionym: na Homotypic Synonym(s): Heterotypic Synonym(s): Autonym:Portulaca grandiflora var. grandiflora (The other infraspecific is Portulaca grandiflora var. macrophylla Paul Rohrbach which is not recorded from North America.) Wetland Status (NC): UPL Wetland Status (MW): FACU