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Identification
Talinum paniculatum (Jacq.) Gaertn. [family PORTULACACEAE ] (stored under name); Verified by Kiger, R.W., Isotype of Talinum sarmentosum Engelm. [family PORTULACACEAE ] Verified by Kiger, R.W.,
Related name
  • Talinum paniculatum
  • Talinum triangulare
  • Talinum sarmentosum
Common name
  • rama del sapo, Flora of North America Vol. 4
  • Pink baby-breath, Flora of North America Vol. 4
  • jewels of Opar, Flora of North America Vol. 4

Flora

Entry for Talinum paniculatum (Jacquin) Gaertner [family PORTULACACEAE]
Herbarium
Flora of North America (FNA)
Collection
Flora of North America
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
Flora of North America, Vol 4,
Names
Talinum paniculatum (Jacquin) Gaertner [family PORTULACACEAE], Fruct. Sem. Pl., 2: 219. 1791
Portulaca paniculata Jacquin [family PORTULACACEAE], Enum. Syst. Pl., 22. 1760
Talinum chrysanthum Rose & Standley [family PORTULACACEAE]
Talinum paniculatum var. sarmentosum (Enge lmann) Poellnitz [family PORTULACACEAE]
Talinum patens Jussieu [family PORTULACACEAE]
Talinum sarmentosum Engelmann [family PORTULACACEAE]
Talinum spathulatum Engelmann ex A. Gray [family PORTULACACEAE]
Treatment Author(s)
Robert W. Kiger
Information
Plants to 15 dm. Stems sometimes reddish, slender. Leaves to 12 cm, reduced abruptly beneath inflorescence; blade elliptic to obovate, base attenuate. Inflorescences paniculate, sometimes nodding. Flowers: sepals deciduous, sometimes reflexed, ovate to suborbiculate, 2.5–4 mm; petals red or pink, sometimes orangish, yellowish, or purplish, ovate to suborbiculate, 3–6 mm; stamens ca. 15–20; stigmas 3, linear; pedicel terete, ± uniformly slender, to 20 mm. Capsules subglobose, sometimes obtusely trigonous, 3–5 mm, exocarp and endocarp usually separating after dehiscence; endocarp valves persistent, remaining connate at apex, attached to receptacle by vascular strands from capsule apex; exocarp dehiscing from apex, valves deciduous ± separately. 2n = 24.
Phenology
jun-aug (summer), sep-nov (fall)
Altitude range
0–2200 m;
Distribution
MexicoWest IndiesCentral AmericaSouth Americaintroduced in s Africa and s Asia.USA Ariz.USA Fla.USA Ga.USA Ky.USA La.USA N.Mex.USA N.C.USA S.C.USA Tex.
Discussion
Talinum paniculatum is generally thought to be native west of the Mississippi River and adventive eastward, where it often is weedy. In many herbaria, specimens of T. paniculatum are filed as T. patens. Talinum spathulatum (T. chrysanthum) sometimes is recognized separately, but the few differences are minor and inconsistent, and almost all degrees of intergradation occur over much of the range.

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