Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Caryophyllales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Phemeranthus mengesii
FAMILY
Montiaceae
Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
(?) INCLUDED WITHIN
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Phemeranthus mengesii
FAMILY
Portulacaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN
Synthesis of the North American Flora (Kartesz, 1999)
Talinum mengesii
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Talinum mengesii
COMMON NAME:
Menges' Fameflower, Large-flowered Fameflower, Menges' Rock-pink, Large-flowered Rock-pink
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April Etowah County AL
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JK Marlow jkm070920_014
September Pickens County SC
Poe Creek State Forest
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September Pickens County SC
Poe Creek State Forest
Stigma subcapitate; stamens (40)50-80(90); of granite & sandstone SC southward, per Weakley's Flora.
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JK Marlow jkm070920_020
September Pickens County SC
Poe Creek State Forest
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Patrick D. McMillan pdmtmengesii_pc3
September? Pickens County SC
Poe Creek State Forest
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Patrick D. McMillan pdmtmengesii_pc6
September? Pickens County SC
Poe Creek State Forest
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Patrick D. McMillan pdmtmengesii_pc8
September? Pickens County SC
Poe Creek State Forest
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Patrick D. McMillan pdmtmengesii_poec1
September? Pickens County SC
Poe Creek State Forest
Stems more or less erect, usually branching. Leaves sessile; blade terete, per Flora of North America.
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Phemeranthus mengesii
FAMILY
Montiaceae
(?) INCLUDED WITHIN
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Phemeranthus mengesii
FAMILY
Portulacaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN
Synthesis of the North American Flora (Kartesz, 1999)
Talinum mengesii
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Talinum mengesii
2302
Forb
Perennial
Native to South Carolina & Georgia
Documented growing wild in GA - SC
Uncommon in Piedmont, rare in Coastal Plain (rare in SC)
Look for it in shallow soil over felsic rocks (granite) or sandstone (in GA), or Altamaha Grit (GA), where periodically wet by seepage, per Weakley's Flora
Click here to see a more detailed map from University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Herbarium,
or click here to see a map from SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
LEAVES:
Simple
Alternate
FLOWER:
Summer/Fall
Pink
Bisexual
Radially symmetrical
2 deciduous sepals
5 petals
(40) 50-80 (90) stamens
Superior ovary
FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Capsule
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- Guide to the Plants of Granite Outcrops p75
- Wildflowers of the Eastern United States p007
- Wildflowers of Tennessee p053
- Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians p076