Taxonomy

Division:

Magnoliophyta | - Flowering plants

Family:

Portulacaceae

Genus:

Portulaca

Species:

Portulaca kermesina var. kermesina

Growth Characteristics

Growth Habit:

Succulent

Native Range

Arabian Peninsula: Saudi Arabia, East Tropical Africa: Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda, Northeast Tropical Africa: Eritrea, Ethiopia, Somalia, Sudan-South Sudan, South Tropical Africa: Mozambique, Zimbabwe, Southern Africa: Botswana, Cape Provinces, Eswatini, Free State, KwaZulu-Natal, Namibia, Northern Provinces, West-Central Tropical Africa: DR Congo, Rwanda