Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Caryophyllales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Phemeranthus mengesii
FAMILY
Montiaceae
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SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Phemeranthus mengesii
FAMILY
Portulacaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Phemeranthus mengesii
INCLUDED WITHIN Flora of North America
Phemeranthus mengesii
INCLUDED WITHIN Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Talinum mengesii
SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Talinum mengesii
COMMON NAME:
Menges' Fameflower, Large-flowered Fameflower, Menges' Rock-pink, Large-flowered Rock-pink
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JK Marlow jkm110416_622
April Etowah County AL
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JK Marlow jkm070920_014
September Pickens County SC
Poe Creek State Forest
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JK Marlow jkm070920_014b
September Pickens County SC
Poe Creek State Forest
Stigma subcapitate; stamens (40)50-80(90); of granite & sandstone SC southward, per Weakley's Flora.
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JK Marlow jkm070920_020
September Pickens County SC
Poe Creek State Forest
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Patrick D. McMillan pdmtmengesii_pc3
September? Pickens County SC
Poe Creek State Forest
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Patrick D. McMillan pdmtmengesii_pc6
September? Pickens County SC
Poe Creek State Forest
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Patrick D. McMillan pdmtmengesii_pc8
September? Pickens County SC
Poe Creek State Forest
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Patrick D. McMillan pdmtmengesii_poec1
September? Pickens County SC
Poe Creek State Forest
Stems more or less erect, usually branching. Leaves sessile; blade terete, per Flora of North America.
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Phemeranthus mengesii
FAMILY
Montiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Phemeranthus mengesii
FAMILY
Portulacaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Phemeranthus mengesii
INCLUDED WITHIN
Flora of North America
Phemeranthus mengesii
INCLUDED WITHIN
Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Talinum mengesii
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Talinum mengesii
2302
Forb
Perennial
Habitat: In shallow soil over felsic rocks (granite) or sandstone (in GA and AL), or Altamaha Grit (GA), where periodically wet by seepage; rare (locally common in GA), per Weakley's Flora
Native to South Carolina & Georgia
Uncommon in Piedmont, rare in Coastal Plain (rare in SC)
CLICK HERE to see a map, notes, and images from Weakley's Flora of the Southeastern US.
LEAVES:
Simple
Alternate
FLOWER:
Summer/Fall
Pink
Radially symmetrical
2 deciduous sepals
5 petals
(40) 50-80 (90) stamens
Superior ovary
Bisexual
FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Capsule
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- Guide to the Wildflowers of SC, 2nd ed. (McMillan, Porcher, Rayner, & White; 2022) p203
- Guide to the Plants of Granite Outcrops (Murdy & Carter, 2000) p75
- Wildflowers of the Eastern United States (Duncan & Duncan, 1999) p007
- Field Guide to the Wildflowers of Georgia (Chafin, 2016) p296
- Wildflowers of Tennessee (Carman, 2005) p053
- Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians (Horn, Cathcart, Hemmerly, & Duhl, 2005) p076
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