✿Portulacaceae · Talinum
Flameflower
Talinum portulacifolium
HerbMedicinal
- Habit
- Herb
- Flowering
- February-November
Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Talinum portulacifolium
- Genus
- Talinum
- Family
- Portulacaceae
- Habit
- Herb
- Habitat
- Wastelands
- Habitat type
- Wasteland
- Distribution
- Pantropical
- Flowering & fruiting
- February-November
- Conservation status
- Least Concern (LC)
Flower & fruit characters
- Flower colour
- Pink-purplerecorded
Characters marked “recorded” are for Flameflower itself; the rest are typical of the Portulacaceae family — flowering plants only.
About Flameflower
Flameflower (Talinum portulacifolium) belongs to the Portulacaceae family, where it grows as a herb. It grows in wastelands. Flowering and fruiting run from February to November.
Botanical family
Portulacaceae
Purslane Family
Flameflower belongs to the Portulacaceae family.
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