English > Talinum aurantiacum: 1 sense > noun 1, plant| Meaning | 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, flame-flower, flameflower |
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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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