Ten o'clock flower
Ten o'clock flower is a succulent, small, branched, and fast growing plant in the Portulaca family. The ten-hour name is because its flowers usually bloom only from about 8-10 AM in day. A herbaceous plant, about 10-15 cm tall. The stripe is slightly flat, 1.5-2 cm long, the original edges, the body is pink, the leaves are light green.
This flower have lots of color like red, orange, pink, white or yellow...
In Vietnam, it is grown as a kind of ornamental plant. It is also used in Oriental medicine for the treatment of a number of diseases such as sore throat, eczema, scabies, pimples, etc.
Kingdom - Plantae
Order - Caryophyllales
Genus - Portulaca
Species - grandiflora
Scientific Name - Portulaca grandiflora
Origin - Brazil, Argentina
Growth Rate- Fast
Light requirement- Full Sun
