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I use the GRIN online query system to determine plant families. The list below shows the plants in my database listed as members of the portulacaceae family. Click on the botanical name of any plant to go to the plant portrait. For a list of all the plant families represented in our garden, see my families page.

Botanical name	Common name	Category	Flowers	Size
Calandrinia grandiflora	rock purslane	tender perennial (Z8)	purple (summer)	24"
Cistanthe umbellata	Mt Hood pussypaws	annual/perennial	pink
Lewisia cantelovii	Cantelow's lewisia	perennial	white or pale pink	18"
Lewisia cotyledon	bitter-root	perennial (Z4-8)	pink (late spring)	4-6"
Lewisia leeana		perennial	various colors (spring)	4-10"
Lewisia pygmaea	pygmy bitter-root	perennial	pink	2-4"
Lewisia rediviva		perennial (Z4-8)	pink
Montiopsis umbellata		perennial (Z7)	red-violet (summer)	4-6"
Phemeranthus brevifolius	pygmy fameflower	perennial	pink	1"
Phemeranthus sediformis			pink or white (summer)	1"
Phemeranthus spinescens	spiny fameflower	perennial	pink (early summer)	4-12"
Phemeranthus teretifolius	Appalachian rock pink	perennial	pink (spring-autumn)	to 20"
Portulaca grandiflora	moss rose	annual	various colors (spring-summer)
Portulaca oleracea	purslane	annual	yellow	4"
Talinum calycinum	large fameflower	perennial (Z5-9)	pink (late spring-summer)	8"
Talinum paniculatum	jewels of Opar	annual/greenhouse perennial	pink (summer)	2'

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Last modified: December 11, 2014
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