Whats this seen in San Diego

[Martin]

Hi all at a recent stay in a hotel in San Diego they had this growing in hotel flower beds

Any ideas as the flowers totally confused me re what it could be

[Terry S.]

Can I suggest Portulaca without any high degree of confidence. The flowering stems do have the look of Anacampseros which is a genus that used to be in the same family before Anacampserotaceae was split off.

[Paul in Essex]

I believe it is a Calandrinia sp, probably grandiflora. Xeric poppies from Chile - high on my 'must try outside' list!

[peter831shaw]

this grows very fast here on the CA coast, really loud flower color.

Was Calandrinia spectabilis now Cistanthe grandiflora.


Peter

[MikeT]

As Calandrinia grandiflora it was on the 2010/11 BCSS seed list. In my growing conditions/greenhouse it proved short lived, but did successfully self seed for a while. The undersides of the leaves were a deep purple colour.

[Martin]

Thanks all

Martin