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Talinum paniculatum

(Jacq.) Gaertn. (1791)

This name is accepted

Kingdom: Viridiplantae Phylum: Magnoliophyta Class/Clade: Eudicot-CoreEudicot Order: Caryophyllales Family: Talinaceae Genus: Talinum

fameflower, jewels of opar, talinum

Description

Key Characters:

Growth Form: Erect, fleshy perennial herbs 3–8 dm tall.

Stems:

Roots: Often with fleshy tuberous roots.

Leaves: Leaves simple. Alternate, lowermost sometimes subopposite. Blades fleshy, elliptic to obovate, 3–11 cm long, 1.5–5 cm wide. Apex acuminate or acute. Base attenuate. Surfaces glabrous. Margins entire. Short-petiolate. Stipules absent.

Flowers: Flowers in paniculate inflorescences 20–40 cm long. Flowers bisexual (perfect); pedicels slender, 10–20 mm long, bracts linear-lanceolate, ca. 3 mm long. Calyx of 2 sepals; sepals broadly elliptic to suborbicular, 2–4 mm long, imbricate, deciduous. Corolla of usually 5 petals; petals pink to dark pink, broadly elliptic to obovate–elliptic, 3.5–4.5 mm long, quickly withering, imbricate. Stamens 5–15; anthers dithecal, opening by longitudinal slits. Ovary superior, 2–3(–9)-carpellate, soon becoming 1-celled, placentation free-central; ovules numerous; style 1, 3–branched.

Fruit: Capsules reddish; globose; 1–celled; ca. 3 mm long; 3– valved. Seeds reniform; compressed; black; glossy; ca. 0.9–1.2 mm long; the surface minutely tuberculate; endosperm absent; starchy.

Ploidy: 2n = 25

Habitat:

Elevation Range:

Historical Distribution

Uses and Culture

USES

Natural History

Statewide Status

Naturalized

Island Status

Kaua'i Naturalized
O'ahu Naturalized
Maui Naturalized
Hawai'i Naturalized

Dispersal Agents

Other Animals

Pollinators

Bibliography

Name Published In: Fruct. Sem. Pl. 2: 219 (1791)

Other References

Wagner et al. 1990:1075 (K, O, H); Oppenheimer & Bartlett 2000:8 (WM); Staples & Herbst 2005:467 (DESCR)

Occurrences

SNo. Scientific Name Locality Habitat Basis of Record Description Recorded By Record Number Island Source Date
1 Talinum paniculatum Manoa Valley Preserved_Specimen Plant 1.5 m tall. Krauss, N.L.H. 1911 Oahu BISH 1987-05-01
2 Talinum paniculatum Growing as a weed out of a concrete planter along Pensacola St., ca. 25m N of Hopaka St. Preserved_Specimen Perennial herb, root thick, stems mostly erect, ca. 40-50 cm tall. Only one plant observed. Ross, M.C. 1964 Oahu BISH 2023-09-26
3 Talinum paniculatum Honolulu, Manoa Valley Preserved_Specimen Herb: flwrs pink Fosberg, F.R. 14262 Oahu BISH 1937-08-01
4 Talinum paniculatum Puuhonua o Honaunau National Historic Park: along coastal and inland trail Preserved_Specimen Higashino, P.K. 10243 Hawaii BISH 1984-04-07
5 Talinum paniculatum Honolulu: Manoa Valley; University of Hawaii Manoa Campus, Snyder Hall Preserved_Specimen Herb 0.4 m tall in flower bed in full sun. Flwrs rose pink; fruits brownish red. Lau, J. 1439 Oahu BISH 1985-09-18
6 Talinum paniculatum South Kona: Kaohe 2. In a natural depression behind the small balck snad beach near a brackish water hole Preserved_Specimen Plant 1.5 ft tall; flws purplish pink, petals 5, stamens 10. Hobdy, R.W. 1867 Hawaii BISH 1983-11-25
7 Talinum paniculatum W Maui, Lahaina District, Alaeloa Volunteers in a yard. Preserved_Specimen Oppenheimer, H.L. 109808 Maui BISH 1998-10-29
8 Talinum paniculatum Honolulu, 230 Kapalu St Preserved_Specimen Herb; lvs and root fleshy; flws pink; fronds orange. St.John, H. 24707 Oahu BISH 1951-11-06
9 Talinum paniculatum Manoa, Woodlawn Preserved_Specimen Weed in lawn, trailing. Doty, Mrs.M.S. Oahu BISH 1980-02-10
10 Talinum paniculatum Honolulu Foster Gardens Preserved_Specimen Leaves white-edged Neal, M.C. Oahu BISH 1958-06-25
11 Talinum paniculatum Napoopoo, base of tallus slope Preserved_Specimen Souza, W. Hawaii BISH 1984-09-04
12 Talinum paniculatum Kona, Captain Cook, in garden Preserved_Specimen Greenwell, A.B.H. 23752 Hawaii BISH 1954-11-14
13 Talinum paniculatum Moanalua Valley subdivision, Obata yard Preserved_Specimen Bennett, T. Oahu BISH 1985-10-02
14 Talinum paniculatum Moanalua Valley subdivision, Obata yard Preserved_Specimen Bennett, T. Oahu BISH 1985-10-02
15 Talinum paniculatum Burbank St., Garden of Mrs. J.L. Robertson Preserved_Specimen Neal, M.C. Oahu BISH 1940-03-26
16 Talinum paniculatum Manoa Valley Preserved_Specimen Wilder, G.P. Oahu BISH 1931-05-01
17 Talinum paniculatum Hawaii Kai, Kamiloiki Valley Preserved_Specimen Ogata, S. Oahu BISH 1982-12-09
18 Talinum paniculatum Nokukano Development Site makai of the belt rd in Capt. Cook This plant is found in shady places. It was growing among the rocks under kukui tree. Preserved_Specimen Common herb on patches of bare aa. Funk, E.J. Hawaii BISH 1991-11-01
19 Talinum paniculatum Base of Pali, Napoopoo On talus slope. Preserved_Specimen Souza, W. Hawaii BISH 1984-09-04
20 Talinum paniculatum W Maui, Lahaina District, Alaeloa In disturbed area of a residential yard. Preserved_Specimen Flowers pink. Oppenheimer, H.L. 80043 Maui BISH 2000-08-24
21 Talinum paniculatum Windward Oahu, Waiahole Poi Factory, on margin of Waiahole Valley Road 70 meters from intersection with Kamehameha Hwy, between road and stream Growing with acerola cherry, Paederia foetida. Preserved_Specimen Herb. Corolla pinkish purplish, zygomorphic. Dry seed capsules golden yellow-brown with black shiny seeds. Beachy, J. Oahu BISH 2007-10-06
22 Talinum paniculatum At base of Pali Kapu O Keona, Kealakekua Bay Talus slope. Preserved_Specimen Corn, C. Hawaii BISH 1985-09-04
23 Talinum paniculatum Honolulu, intersection of Pali Highway and N. School St Crack in sidewalk Preserved_Specimen One plant seen. Flowers purple Faccenda, K. 1993.5 Oahu BISH 2021-06-12
24 Talinum paniculatum Kealakekua Bay State Park, Napoopoo, Great Wall & garden area Spreading in rocky area. Associated vegetation: Pithecellobium dulce, Peperomia leptostachys, Plectranthus parviflorus, Furcraea foetida. Preserved_Specimen Erect herb, 1.5-3dm ht; tap rooted, stems succulent; lvs fleshy, margins entire; flowers few, in paniculate inflorescenses; fruit red, 2-3mm, round, smooth. Starr, F. 6205 Hawaii BISH 2000-06-20
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