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pigmy talinum

DEFINITIONS OF: pigmy talinum

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n low plant with crowded narrow succulent leaves and fairly large deep pink axillary flowers that seem to sit on the ground; southwestern United States

Synonyms:
Talinum brevifolium
Type of:
Talinum aurantiacum, flame flower, flame-flower, flameflower
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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