Talinum portulacifolium(Forssk.) Asch. ex Schweinf.

flameflower

WFO wfo-0000454606 Accepted WFO 2026-06 7 photographs CC0 / CC BY

Plate 1 figs. a–g · 3 observations

This species has been photographed under an open licence only 3 times, so some figures below are different views of the same plant, taken on the same day, rather than different individuals. They are usually different parts of it: the leaf, the flower, the bark.

Talinum portulacifolium, photographed by Robert Taylor
fig. a Robert Taylor, CC BY 4.0 / 2020-01-20 / obs. 62002122
Talinum portulacifolium, photographed by Diogo Luiz
fig. b Diogo Luiz, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 68153574
Talinum portulacifolium, photographed by Diogo Luiz
fig. c Diogo Luiz, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 68153585
Talinum portulacifolium, photographed by Robert Taylor
fig. d Robert Taylor, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 62002141
Talinum portulacifolium, photographed by Robert Taylor
fig. e Robert Taylor, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 62002155
Talinum portulacifolium, photographed by Robert Taylor
fig. f Robert Taylor, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 62002130
Talinum portulacifolium, photographed by rosshawkins
fig. g rosshawkins, CC0 1.0 / obs. 176389415

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Native range 33 botanical countries

Regions where Talinum portulacifolium is native: Angola, Benin, Botswana, Burundi, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Congo, DR Congo, Ethiopia, Gabon, Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, Nigeria, Northern Provinces, Rwanda, Senegal, Socotra, Somalia, Sudan-South Sudan, Tanzania, Togo, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Oman, Saudi Arabia, Yemen, Assam, Bangladesh, India, Myanmar, Nepal AngolaBeninBotswanaBurundiCameroonCentral African RepublicCongoDR CongoEthiopiaGabonKenyaMalawiMozambiqueNigeriaNorthern ProvincesRwandaSenegalSomaliaSudan-South SudanTanzaniaTogoUgandaZambiaZimbabweOmanSaudi ArabiaYemenAssamBangladeshIndiaMyanmarNepal
Native distribution of Talinum portulacifolium, after Kew’s World Checklist of Vascular Plants. Introduced, extinct and doubtful records are excluded, so this is where the plant is from, not everywhere it now grows.
RegionTDWG codeContinent
Angola ANG AFRICA
Benin BEN
Botswana BOT
Burundi BUR
Cameroon CMN
Central African Republic CAF
Congo CON
DR Congo ZAI
Ethiopia ETH
Gabon GAB
Kenya KEN
Malawi MLW
Mozambique MOZ
Nigeria NGA
Northern Provinces TVL
Rwanda RWA
Senegal SEN
Socotra SOC
Somalia SOM
Sudan-South Sudan SUD
Tanzania TAN
Togo TOG
Uganda UGA
Zambia ZAM
Zimbabwe ZIM
Assam ASS ASIA-TROPICAL
Bangladesh BAN
India IND
Myanmar MYA
Nepal NEP
Oman OMA ASIA-TEMPERATE
Saudi Arabia SAU
Yemen YEM

Not drawn on the map: Socotra. We hold no public-domain boundary for this region, so it is listed rather than guessed at.

Region boundaries approximated from Natural Earth (public domain) and mapped to TDWG World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions (WGSRPD) level-3 botanical countries (Brummitt 2001). Indicative, not the official WGSRPD geometry.

Also published as 4 synonyms

A synonym is not an error. It is a record of botanists disagreeing, in print, about where this plant belongs. Each of these was somebody’s considered answer.

  • Claytonia cuneifolia (Vahl) Kuntze
  • Orygia portulacifolia Forssk.
  • Portulaca cuneifolia Vahl
  • Talinum cuneifolium Willd.

Sourcesevery claim on this page

  1. World Flora Online Plant List. accepted name, authority, classification. CC0. Retrieved 2026-07-12.
  2. iNaturalist. photographs and flowering annotations, CC0 / CC BY / CC BY-SA only. per photograph. Retrieved 2026-06-27.
  3. Wikidata. common name (P1843), joined on the World Flora Online identifier (P7715). CC0. Retrieved 2026-07-13.
  4. Kew, World Checklist of Vascular Plants (WCVP v16). native distribution by TDWG level-3 botanical country, and life form. CC BY 3.0. Retrieved 2026-06-04.

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