- Family : PORTULACACEAE
(Purslane Family)
- Family (Hindi name) : LUNIA FAMILY (लुनिया फैमिली)
- Family (as per The APG System III) : Portulacaceae
- Synonym(s) : Calandrinia andrewskii H.Vilm.; Claytonia patens Kuntze; Claytonia reflexa (Cav.) Kuntze; Portulaca paniculata Jacq.; Portulaca reflexa Haw.; Talinum chrysanthum Rose & Standl.; Talinum dichotomum Ruiz & Pav.; Talinum paniculatum var. sarmentosum (Engelm.) Poelln.; Talinum paniculatum f. variegatum F.T.Hubb. & Rehder; Talinum reflexum Cav.; Talinum roseum Dammann; Talinum sarmentosum Engelm.; Talinum spathulatum A.Gray
- Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Talinum paniculatum (Jacq.) Gaertn.
- Common name : Fame flower, Jewels-of-Opar
- Habit : Succulent subshrub
- Habitat : Moist to dry woodlands and savannas, also desert scrub, grasslands, beaches, on flats, mounds, slopes, ledges, in sand, clay, limestone, sandstone, igneous, often rocky soils and crevices; 0-2200 m. altitude
- Comments / notes : Often grown as an ornamental plant.
- Flower, Fruit : June-November
- Distribution :
- Uttarakhand : Uttarakhand
- Native : Tropical & Subtropical America
- Exotic/Native : Exotic
- World Distribution : Tropical & Subtropical America, Alabama, Bangladesh, Cape Provinces, Cape Verde, China, Fiji, Galápagos, Hainan, India, Kenya, KwaZulu-Natal, Madeira, Malaya, Mauritius, New Caledonia, Northern Provinces, Sri Lanka, St.Helena, Swaziland, Uganda, Uzbekistan, Vietnam, Zaïre
- Literature :
- Uniyal B.P., Sharma J.R., Choudhery U., Singh D.K. (2007). Flowering Plants of Uttarakhand: A Checklist. Bishen Singh Mahendra Pal Singh: 83
- Read more :
- Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Deepak Kumar (2024). India Flora Online. http://indiafloraonline-ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Portulaca paniculata. Downloaded on 13 October 2024.
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