Orange Flameflower (Talinum aurantiacum)

Family: Portulacaceae | Edibility: Edible (1/5)

Talinum aurantiacum is a PERENNIAL growing to 0.4 m (1ft 4in). It is in flower from May to October. The species is hermaphrodite (has both male and female organs). Suitable for: light (sandy), medium (loamy) and heavy (clay) soils. Suitable pH: mildly acid, neutral and basic (mildly alkaline) soils. It can grow in semi-shade (light woodland) or no shade. It prefers moist soil.

Edible Parts & Harvest Seasons

Edible Parts: Roots/Tubers

Harvest Seasons: Fall, Spring, Winter

Flavor & Culinary Uses

Root - cooked. The roots are woody, tuberous. — The roots are woody, tuberous.

Habitat & North American Range

Washes, ravines, flats, dunes, slopes, benches, bluffs, ledges, often in grassland, scrub, or chaparral, sometimes by roads or other disturbed sites, in sandy, gravelly, and rocky soils; 0-2100 m. (Zone 4, Zone 5, Zone 6, Zone 7, Zone 8)