(First upload on December 3 2010. Last on November 24 2021) [ 日本語 | English ]
Mount Usu / Sarobetsu post-mined peatland
From left: Crater basin in 1986 and 2006. Cottongrass / Daylily
HOME > Plant list (植物リスト) > Portulacaceae (スベリヒユ科) > Portulaca grandiflora
Portulaca L. (スベリヒユ)Portulaca pilosa L. (ヒメマツバボタン)ssp. okinawensis (E. Walker et Tawada) R. Geesink= syn. P. okinawensis Walker et Tawada Okinawamatubabotan (オキナワマツバボタン, 沖縄松葉牡丹) Distribution: endemic to Nansei Islands, Japan Habitat: on coastal limestone |
ssp. grandiflora (Hook.) R. Geesink = syn. P. grandiflora Hook. Matsubabotan (マツバボタン, 松葉牡丹), moss-rose purslane Life form: annual forb < 30 cm high Distribution: native to south America (extotic to Japan, escaped from gardening) Habitat: sunny roadsides and waste places on dry, sandy soil (drought tolerant) Reproduction: pllinated by insects, and self-fertile. Also, vegetative Flower color: diverse, e.g., red, pink, orange, yellow and white, due to numerous caltivars |
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[1] at an unpaved parking lot on N21/E3, East Ward, Sapporo, on August 19 2016. [2-4] along a street near Toko Grocery Store (N27/W1) at East Ward in the city of Sapporo. [2] a little bit unusual form on August 30 2008. [3] on October 10 2012. [4] on August 17 2015. [5/6] at a house garden in N17/E2, East Ward, Sapporo, on September 30 2020.
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[1/2] double-flowered beside a building in N24/E1, East Ward, Sapporo. [1] on September 13 2021. [2] on October 9 2021.