Orange Flameflower
Talinum aurantiacum
Family: Portulacaceae
What it is like
Talinum aurantiacum is a PERENNIAL growing to 0.4 m (1ft 4in). It is in flower from May to October. The species is hermaphrodite (has both male and female organs). Suitable for: light (sandy), medium (loamy) and heavy (clay) soils. Suitable pH: mildly acid, neutral and basic (mildly alkaline) soils. It can grow in semi-shade (light woodland) or no shade. It prefers moist soil.
Height (m): 0.4
Where it is found
Washes, 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; 0-2100 m
South-western N. America - western Texas to southern Arizona and northern Mexico.
Conservation Status:
Countries/locations it is found in
How it is used
Food
Rating: 1
Root - cooked. The roots are woody, tuberous.
Root: includes bulbs, corms, tubers, rhizomes etc.
Medicine
Rating: 0
Other
Rating:
How it is grown
Not known
Propagating it: Seed -
Best place to grow: Cultivated Beds;
Habit: Perennial
Hardiness:
Growth:
Soil: Light (sandy), medium, heavy (clay)
Shade: Semi-shade, no shade
Moisture: Moist