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1. Low plant with crowded narrow succulent leaves and fairly large deep pink axillary flowers that seem to sit on the ground; southwestern United States
   - Talinum brevifolium

1. Genus of mainly American more-or-less succulent herbs
   - genus Talinum

1. Low cushion-forming plant with rose to crimson-magenta flowers and leaf midribs that persist as spines when the leaves die; southwestern United States
   - Talinum spinescens

Type of: caryophylloid dicot genus, flame flower, flameflower, flame-flower, Talinum aurantiacum

Part of: family Portulacaceae, Portulacaceae, purslane family

Encyclopedia: Talinum