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Definition of Talinum aurantiacum
1. Noun. 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.
Generic synonyms: Wild Flower, Wildflower
Group relationships: Genus Talinum, Talinum
Specialized synonyms: Narrow-leaved Flame Flower, Talinum Augustissimum, Pigmy Talinum, Talinum Brevifolium, Rock Pink, Talinum Calycinum, Jewels-of-opar, Talinum Paniculatum, Spiny Talinum, Talinum Spinescens
Lexicographical Neighbors of Talinum Aurantiacum
Literary usage of Talinum aurantiacum
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Report on the United States and Mexican Boundary Survey: Made Under the by United States Department of the Interior, William Hemsley Emory, Spencer Fullerton Baird, Charles Frederic Girard, Timothy Abbott Conrad, George Engelmann, James Hall, Charles Christopher Parry, Arthur Carl Victor Schott, John Torrey (1858)
"Prodr. 3, p. 352. Plains of the Limpia, Texas; July; Bigelow. Magdalena and Sierra
Verde ; Thurber, Schott. Talinum aurantiacum ..."
2. The Santa Rita Experimental Range: History and Annotated Bibliography (1903 by Alvin L. Medina (1997)
"... Solanum elaeagnifolium Sorghum halepense Sporobolus airoides Sporobolus
contractus Sporobolus cryptandrus Talinum aurantiacum Trianthema portulacastrum ..."
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