Portulaca named Sundial Gold
by J McCombie
Title
Portulaca named Sundial Gold
Artist
J McCombie
Medium
Painting - Photographic
Description
This piece has been featured in the FAA Group, "Floral Photography and Art".
This beautiful double Portulaca is a very warm golden yellow verging on orange. It has orange highlights and rust brown patches near the base of the petals. Sometimes there are strong fuchsia pink petaloids toward the very centre. It's pollen are tiny balls of orange clusters forming the anthers atop the multitude of filaments. The fuzzy pale yellow stigma with its hint of pink at the base reaches out from the mound of stamen like a flower of its own. This low growing plant forms a dense carpet of glossy petalled flowers in hot, dry areas, making them perfect for rock gardens.
Portulaca (purslane) is the type genus of the flowering plant family Portulacaceae, comprising about 40-100 species found in the tropics and warm temperate regions. They are also sometimes known as Rose Moss or more commonly Moss Roses.
Common Purslane (Portulaca oleracea) is widely considered an edible plant, and in some areas an invasive type of weed. Some Portulaca species are used as food plants by the larvae of some Lepidoptera species including the Nutmeg (Hadula trifolii).
Purslane can be eaten raw or cooked, and lends itself to stir fry dishes. Some say it has a slight lemon-like taste and mushroom-like texture. It is relatively easy to grow in more northern climates, including the New England area in the United States.
The common name of moss rose is quite descriptive of this plants key ornamental features: ruffled, rose-like flowers (to 1 diameter) appearing on prostrate to slightly ascending stems that form a moss-like foliage mat. This annual is a succulent that typically grows to 6-8 tall and spreads to 12 wide or more. Flowers bloom summer to frost and come in single, semi-double or double forms in colors including red, rose, orange, yellow, white and pastel shades thereof. Flowers do not open on cloudy or rainy days. Cylindrical, fleshy, medium green leaves (to 1 long) appear in clusters along reddish stems.
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January 15th, 2017
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