Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Caryophyllales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Phemeranthus mengesii
FAMILY
Montiaceae
(?) LESS THAN
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Phemeranthus mengesii
FAMILY
Portulacaceae
LESS THAN
Synthesis of the North American Flora (Kartesz, 1999)
Talinum mengesii
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933)
Talinum mengesii
COMMON NAME:
Menges' Fameflower, Large-flowered Fameflower, Menges' Rock-pink, Large-flowered Rock-pink
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JK Marlow jkm110416_622
April Etowah County AL
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Richard and Teresa Ware rtw_p_mengesii_2
August
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Richard and Teresa Ware rtw_p_mengesii_7_c
August
More than 40 stamens and a long style, whose stigma is above the stamens, per Guide to the Plants of Granite Outcrops.
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JK Marlow jkm070920_014
September Pickens County SC
Poe Creek State Forest
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JK Marlow jkm070920_014b
September Pickens County SC
Poe Creek State Forest
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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
Flowers have many stamens, open from 1:00 to 3:00pm. — Patrick McMillan
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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.