Talinum paniculatum
jewels of opar, pink baby-breath, rama del sapo
sometimes reddish, slender.
to 12 cm, reduced abruptly beneath inflorescence;
blade elliptic to obovate, base attenuate.
paniculate, sometimes nodding.
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.
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.
= 24.
Talinum paniculatum
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.
(Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.)
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