English > flame-flower: 2 senses > noun 2, plantMeaning | plant with fleshy roots and erect stems with narrow succulent leaves and one reddish-orange flower in each upper leaf axil; southwestern United States; Indians once cooked the fleshy roots. |
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Synonyms | flame flower, flameflower, Talinum aurantiacum |
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Member of | Talinum, genus Talinum | genus of mainly American more-or-less succulent herbs |
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Narrower | jewels-of-opar, Talinum paniculatum | Erect plant with tuberous roots and terminal panicles of red to yellow flowers |
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narrow-leaved flame flower, Talinum augustissimum | Similar to Talinum aurantiacum but with narrower leaves and yellow-orange flowers |
pigmy talinum, Talinum brevifolium | Low plant with crowded narrow succulent leaves and fairly large deep pink axillary flowers that seem to sit on the ground |
rock pink, Talinum calycinum | pink-flowered perennial of rocky regions / regions of western United States |
spiny talinum, Talinum spinescens | Low cushion-forming plant with rose to crimson-magenta flowers and leaf midribs that persist as spines when the leaves die |
Broader | wildflower, wild flower | wild or uncultivated flowering plant |
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