Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Caryophyllales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Talinum paniculatum
FAMILY
Talinaceae
Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Read more about Panicled Fameflower at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
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PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Talinum paniculatum
FAMILY
Portulacaceae
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Synthesis of the North American Flora (Kartesz, 1999)
Talinum paniculatum var. paniculatum
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VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 070-02-002:
Talinum paniculatum
FAMILY
Portulacaceae
COMMON NAME:
Panicled Fameflower, Jewels-of-Opar
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June Anderson County SC
Inflorescences paniculate, sometimes nodding. Flowers pedicellate, per Flora of North America.
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Month Unknown Anderson County SC
Leaves to 12 cm, blade elliptic to obovate, base attenuate, per Flora of North America.
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Talinum paniculatum
FAMILY
Talinaceae
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PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Talinum paniculatum
FAMILY
Portulacaceae
(?)
Synthesis of the North American Flora (Kartesz, 1999)
Talinum paniculatum var. paniculatum
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VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 070-02-002:
Talinum paniculatum
FAMILY
Portulacaceae
2493
Forb
Perennial
Non-native: West Indies
Documented growing wild in GA NC SC
Rare
Look for it - it's fairly commonly cultivated, locally escaped to disturbed areas & garden edges, 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.
...Moist
...Variable
LEAVES:
Simple
Alternate
FLOWER:
Summer/Fall
Pink
Bisexual
Radially symmetrical
2 deciduous sepals
5 petals
Superior ovary
FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Capsule
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