Single Record
Participant Info
- Species
- Portulaca grandiflora
- Family
- Portulacaceae
- CommonName
- rose moss
- Presence
- yes
- Status
- escaped
- EarliestDate
- 2023
- LatestDate
- 2023
- Ecosystem
- foothill
- Geobotanical
- LBasin
- Counties
- Conejos
- Passes
- WildlifePreserves
- Other Localities
- Comments
- There is only one confirmed record of rose moss from the Watershed, an occurrence about 7 km SSE of Sanford in Conejos Co. The location is isolated from human habitation. The arid conditions fit the natural habitat of Portulaca grandiflora in South American countries where the species originated. There are many cultivated varieites, and this is likely an escape. BONAP and iNaturalist show many locations around the USA where escapes have been recorded. Three such occurrences trace the Rio Grande down through New Mexico to nearly the Gulf of Mexico.
- Annotation