Galapagos Species Database
The Galapagos Species Database shares the information about the species from our Natural History Collections.
Portulaca grandiflora
beso de un día, flor de un día, flor de seda, moss rose, eleven o'clock, sun plant
Domain
Eukaryota
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Magnoliophyta
Class
Magnoliopsida (= Dicotyledoneae)
Order
Caryophyllales
Family
Portulacaceae
Genus
Portulaca
Species
grandiflora
Taxon category: Accepted
Syn.: Portulaca caryophylloides hort. ex Vilm.
Origin: Introduced - established
Year of first record: 1985
Mode of introduction: Intentional
Introduction Pathway: Intentional
Subpathway: Agriculture/Horticulture
Introduced status: Human dependent
Invasive status: Unlikely to become invasive
Map of specimen collection localities or observation records for this species in our collections database.
- Flores, E. (1985) Censo de Plantas Introducidas desde el Canal de Itabaca hasta Puerto Ayora. Tesis de Ingeniero Forestal, Univ. Técnica Luis Vargas Torres, Esmeraldas: 1-132.
- Guézou, A. Trueman, M., Buddenhagen, E., Chamorro, S., Guerrero, A.M., Pozo, P., Atkinson, R. (2010) An extensive Alien Plan Inventory from the Inhabited Areas of Galapagos Plos One/ www.plosone.org. Volume 5/ Issue 4/e10276
- Tropicos.org. (2017) Database of Missouri Botanical Garden. Tropicos.org. Missouri Botanical Garden. 06 Oct 2017 <http://www.tropicos.org
- Vásquez. M.R. Rojas, G. & Rodríguez, E.F. (2003) Adiciones a la Flora Peruana: especies nuevas, nuevos registros y estados taxonómicos de las Angiospermas para el Perú. Arnaldoa 9(2): 43–110.
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"Galapagos Species Database, Portulaca grandiflora", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=687. Accessed 3 November 2026.