genus talinum

1. Genus of mainly American more-or-less succulent herbs (synset 111883067)
   is a type of: caryophylloid dicot genus - genus of relatively early dicotyledonous plants including mostly flowers
   member holonym:

   • flame flower, flame-flower, flameflower, talinum aurantiacum - plant with fleshy roots and erect stems with narrow succulent leaves and one reddish-orange flower in each upper leaf axil; southwestern United States; Indians once cooked the fleshy roots
   • narrow-leaved flame flower, talinum augustissimum - similar to Talinum aurantiacum but with narrower leaves and yellow-orange flowers; southwestern United States
   • pigmy talinum, talinum brevifolium - low plant with crowded narrow succulent leaves and fairly large deep pink axillary flowers that seem to sit on the ground; southwestern United States
   • rock pink, talinum calycinum - pink-flowered perennial of rocky regions of western United States
   • spiny talinum, talinum spinescens - low cushion-forming plant with rose to crimson-magenta flowers and leaf midribs that persist as spines when the leaves die; southwestern United States
   belongs to: family portulacaceae, portulacaceae, purslane family - family of usually succulent herbs; cosmopolitan in distribution especially in Americas
   same as: talinum

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