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Definition of Portulaca grandiflora
1. Noun. Widely cultivated in many varieties for its fleshy moss-like foliage and profusion of brightly colored flowers.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Portulaca Grandiflora
Literary usage of Portulaca grandiflora
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture: A Discussion for the Amateur, and by Liberty Hyde Bailey (1916)
"Portulaca grandiflora was first described by Hooker in 1829 in the "Botanical
Magazine." The fls. were described as "orange-colored, or of a very bright ..."
2. An Illustrated Flora of the Northern United States, Canada and the British by Nathaniel Lord Britton, Addison Brown (1913)
"Portulaca grandiflora Hook. Bot. Mag. pi. 1885. 1829. Ascending or spreading,
sometimes densely pilose, but often with but a few scattered hairs and tufts ..."
3. The English Flower Garden: Design, Arrangement and Plans Followed by a by William Robinson (1895)
"Portulaca grandiflora.—This bright little annual has been introduced many years
from its native home in Chili, and few Chilian plants have spread so widely ..."
4. The English Flower Garden: Design, Arrangement and Plans Followed by a by William Robinson (1895)
"Plume (Bocconia). Welsh (Meconopsis). Portulaca grandiflora ... Flowers of
Portulaca grandiflora. in brilliancy, delicacy, and diversity of colour. ..."
5. Cyclopedia of American Horticulture: Comprising Suggestions for Cultivation by Wilhelm Miller, Liberty Hyde Bailey (1901)
"Portulaca grandiflora (X %). easy of culture if it is given a hot and rather dry
soil. It needs full sun. The seeds require a rather high temperature for ..."
6. Transactions of the Kansas Academy of Science by Kansas Academy of Science (1890)
"... closes permanently at 2 p. M. 9 A. M Portulaca pilona; closes at 1 p. M.; does
not reopen. Portulaca grandiflora; closes at 2 p. H. to reopen. ..."
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