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Talinum teretifolium

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Authors: Pursh  

Botanical Description

Similar to T. rugospermum but more robust and with leaves to 2mm thick, with or without a straight mucronate tip (rugospermum has a prominent curved mucro). Flowers pale pink or white, flushed pink, summer. Pennsylvania, West Virginia and Tennessee to Georgia and Alabama, on dry, often serpentine rock outcrops and sand.