| Dicotyledon | Literature for Talinum paniculatum
Wagner et al., 1990, 1999. |
| Talinaceae | Bibliography |
| Talinum paniculatum | |
Common name(s): fameflower, jewels of Opar |
| General Information | ||
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| Distribution | Native to tropical America, southwestern United States, and the West Indies.In the Hawaiian Islands, naturalized on Kaua`i, O`ahu, Maui, Hawai`i. |
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| Habit |
Erect, fleshy perennial herbs 3-8 dm tall. |
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| Leaves |
Leaves elliptic to obovate, 3-11 cm long, 1.5-5 cm wide, apex acuminate or acute, base attenuate. |
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| Flowers |
Flowers in paniculate inflorescences 20-40 cm long, pedicels slender, 10-20 mm long, bracts linear-lanceolate, ca. 3 mm long; sepals broadly elliptic to suborbicular, 2-4 mm long; petals pink to dark pink, broadly elliptic to obovate-elliptic, 3.5-4.5 mm long; stamens 5-15. |
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| Fruit |
Capsules reddish, globose, ca. 3 mm long, 3-valved. |
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| Seeds |
Seeds black, glossy, ca. 0.9-1.2 mm long, the surface minutely tuberculate. |
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| Chromosomes |
2n = 24 |
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