Illustrative leaf, not this species
Ecology & growing context
- Native status · Kew WCVP
- WCVP native range includes Assam, India Kew dataset ↗︎
Kew WCVP dataset; accepted-name match. Dataset matching is separate from an individual regional review. Recorded worldwide native range: Trop. & S. Africa, S. Arabian Pen., Indian Subcontinent to Myanmar.
- Recorded habitat
- Wastelands
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How to identify Flameflower
Identify Flameflower by combining habit, leaf characters, flower or fruit details, location, and its family pattern. Do not rely on one feature alone.
- Look for a herb habit.
- Confirm flower colour: Pink-purple.
- In season, compare flowering and fruiting time: February-November.
- Confirm it sits within the Portulacaceae family pattern, then compare close relatives before deciding it is Flameflower.
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.
Portulacaceae
Purslane Family
Flameflower belongs to the Portulacaceae family.
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