We found 2 definitions of talinum from 2 different sources.
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talinum - genus of mainly American more-or-less succulent herbs | ||
genus Talinum | ||
caryophylloid dicot genus genus of relatively early dicotyledonous plants including mostly flowers | ||
family portulacaceae, portulacaceae, purslane family family of usually succulent herbs; cosmopolitan in distribution especially in Americas | ||
talinum aurantiacum, flame-flower, flame flower, flameflower 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 |