Family | Scientific Name | Common Name | Habitat | Distribution | Image |
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Talinaceae | Talinum aurantiacum | Dry, sandy, gravelly, or rocky areas. | TX, NM, and AZ south to Mexico (CHH, COA, DGO, GTO, HGO, NLE, QRO, SLP, SON). | ||
Talinaceae | Talinum fruticosum | Dry, disturbed areas. | Native of the Neotropics (possibly native in our area). S. FL (questionable as to nativity); West Indies; Mexico, Central America, and South America; w. Africa. | ||
Talinaceae | Talinum paniculatum | Jewels-of-Opar, Pink Baby’s-breath, Rama del Sapo | Probably native in dry, open areas in s. TX; eastwards, fairly commonly cultivated, locally escaped to disturbed areas and garden edges. | Native of the the New World tropics, original area of nativity not clear, but probably s. TX and AZ south through Mexico, Central America to c. South America; West Indies. Serviss (2022b) documented its marginal naturalization in AR. | ![]() |
Talinaceae | Talinum polygaloides | Orange Fameflower | Sandy or gravelly soils of arroyos. | Nc. TX, s. NM, and s. AZ south into Mexico. |