Author | (Jacquin) Gaertner | |
Distribution | Collected 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. | |
Abundance | Very rare. | |
Habitat | Sidewalk crack in town park, weed in cactus garden, disturbed soil. | |
Phenology | Flowering and fruiting June-October. | |
Identification | Panicled 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 Comments | The two native species of NC Phemeranthus species were formerly included within Talinum.
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State Rank | SE | |
Global Rank | GNR | |
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USACE-agcp | | |
USACE-emp | | |