Portulacaceae FAMILY
Talinum aurantiacum
Talinum aurantiacum
Edibility
2/5
Medicinal
0/5
Safety & Hazards
None known
Botanical Description
Talinum aurantiacum is a herbaceous perennial plant growing from a woody, tuberous rootstock; the erect stems can be slender or stout, branched or unbranched and up to 50cm tall[ 270 Title Flora of N. America Publication Author Website http://flora.huh.harvard.edu/fna/ Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description An on-line version of the flora with an excellent description of the plant including a brief mention of plant uses. ]. The plant is harvested from the wild for local use as a food.
Habitat & Origin
Origintemperate
Native RangeSouth-western N. America - Arizona, New Mexico, western Texa, and northern Mexico.
HabitatWashes, ravines, flats, dunes, slopes, benches, bluffs, ledges, often in grassland, scrub, or chaparral, sometimes by roads or other disturbed sites, in sandy, gravelly, and rocky soils; at elevations up to 2,100 metres[ 270 Title Flora of N. America Publication Author Website http://flora.huh.harvard.edu/fna/ Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description An on-line version of the flora with an excellent description of the plant including a brief mention of plant uses. ]