Category: Seminum | Sub-Category: Annuals for Sun
Scientific Name (Genus/Species): Talinum paniculatum
Family: (Portulacaceae)
(A) to 2.5′. Jewels-of-Opar. Southeast United States to Central America. Many slender flower stalks bear panicles of shiny, red-orange, three-part buds followed by tiny, rose-red, ¼-inch flowers containing 15-20 stamens. Jewel-like, ruby-orange, rounded berries that eventually turn black. Very succulent, dark green, opposite leaves add to this oddity. Sun. 4 & T3
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