Pan India Bouquets

Portulaca paniculata Jacq.

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
Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Navendu Page, Deepak Kumar (2020). Pan India Bouquets. http://flora-peninsula-indica.ces.iisc.ac.in/pan/plants.php?name=Portulaca paniculata. Downloaded on 10 December 2023.

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