Common name
English: Chilean rock purslane
Classification
Kingdom: Plantae (2715)
Phylum: Tracheophyta (2630)
Class: Magnoliopsida (2217)
Order: Caryophyllales (114)
Family: Portulacaceae (7)(family description)
Genus: Cistanthe (1)
Epithet: grandiflora (Lindl.) Schltdl. (7)
Synonyms: Calandrinia grandiflora Lindl., Cistanthe anceps Spach, Cistanthe discolor Spach
discolor => of different or changing colours
grandiflora => with flowers larger than the normal
Characteristics
Climate: sub-tropical
Habit: herb
Flower colour: violet