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FNA | Family List | FNA Vol. 4 | Portulacaceae | Talinopsis

1. Talinopsis frutescens A. Gray, Smithsonian Contr. Knowl. 3(5): 15, plate 3, fig. A. 1852.

Plants erect, to 6 dm. Leaves to 3 cm × 3 mm × 2 mm. Flowers: sepals green, often pinkish to reddish, ovate to elliptic-ovate, 6-8 mm; petals pale pink to purple, oval to obovate, 8-10 mm. Capsules ovoid-conic, 9-18 mm. Seeds brown, 2 mm.

Flowering and fruiting Aug-Sep. Desert scrub; 1300-1600 m; N.Mex., Tex.; n Mexico (Chihuahua, Coahuila, Durango, San Luis Potosí, Zacatecas).


 

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