Vascular Plants of North Carolina
Account for Panicled Fameflower - Talinum paniculatum   (Jacquin) GaertnerOnly member of Talinum in NC.
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Author(Jacquin) Gaertner
DistributionCollected from 3 counties in the Piedmont.

Native of the southwestern U.S. south to S.A.; adventive east of the Mississippi River in NC, KY, SC, GA, FL.
AbundanceVery rare.
HabitatSidewalk crack in town park, weed in cactus garden, disturbed soil.
PhenologyFlowering and fruiting June-October.
IdentificationPanicled Fameflower is very distinctive in its ovate leaves (reduced upward) and open-branched, cylindrical inflorescence of small, red-purple (or pink), 5-petaled flowers.
Taxonomic CommentsThe two native species of NC Phemeranthus species were formerly included within Talinum.

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