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

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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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Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Caryophyllales

WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Phemeranthus piedmontanus   FAMILY Montiaceae

LESS THAN PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Phemeranthus mengesii   FAMILY Portulacaceae

LESS THAN Synthesis of the North American Flora (Kartesz, 1999)
Talinum mengesii