Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Caryophyllales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Phemeranthus piedmontanus
FAMILY
Montiaceae
Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Read how taxonomy affects conservation decision-making from Alan Weakley and the Southern Appalachian Botanical Society.
Read more about Piedmont Rock-pink at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
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PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Phemeranthus mengesii
FAMILY
Portulacaceae
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Synthesis of the North American Flora (Kartesz, 1999)
Talinum mengesii
COMMON NAME:
Piedmont Rock-pink, Piedmont Fameflower
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Maggie Whitson bas_p_piedmontanus1
August Granville County NC
Stigma subcapitate; stamens 25-42; of mafic and ultramafic rocks, per Weakley's Flora (2015).
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Phemeranthus piedmontanus
FAMILY
Montiaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Phemeranthus mengesii
FAMILY
Portulacaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN
Synthesis of the North American Flora (Kartesz, 1999)
Talinum mengesii
3644
Forb
Perennial
Native to North Carolina
Documented growing wild in - NC -
Rare
Look for it in periodic seepage on mafic or ultramafic rocks, 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
25-42 stamens
Superior ovary
FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Capsule
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