KNP Rare Plants Database


 
KY Office of Kentucky Nature Preserves




Limestone Fameflower
Talinum calcaricum
Family: Portulacaceae

Protection Status:
State Status:  E
USFWS Status: 

Global Rank: G3
State Rank: S1

   

Photo by KSNPC Staff
Habitat:
Limestone glades.

Species Description:
Perennial herb.

Phenology:
Flowering Period: Mid June to mid September.

Additional Information at NatureServe

Diagnostic Characteristics:
This diminuitive plant has crowded succulent leaves that are terete (round) and long linear in shape. The flowers are born on a scape that extends above the leaves. These plants are found on open rocky/gravelly ground. The styles are longer than the stamens and this distinguishes it from the other species in the state.

Management:
Avoid changes in moisture/hydrologic conditions at the site. Changes could result from overstory removal, stream/wetland alteration or vegetation removal that would result in increased erosion.

Global Range:
Nashville Basin and calcareous lowlands of middle Tennessee and northern Alabama (Kral no date). Also occurs in Kentucky (Kartesz and Meacham 1999).

Known Kentucky Occurrences:
Species occurrence map

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Data Last Updated: November 2018
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