Pigmy Talinum (Noun)
Meaning
Low plant with crowded narrow succulent leaves and fairly large deep pink axillary flowers that seem to sit on the ground; southwestern United States.
Classification
Nouns denoting plants.
Examples
- Pigmy talinum grows in abundance across the arid southwest US landscape where it attracts pollinators like bees and butterflies.
- During late spring, the southwestern United States desert floor transforms with low-growing pigmy talinum as vibrant deep pink flowers dot the landscape.
- Despite the challenges presented by extreme temperatures and lack of moisture in its habitat, the pigmy talinum's hardiness enables the succulent plant to thrive in areas others would perish.
- Cactus and succulent enthusiasts flock to southwest America for opportunities to capture and grow resilient low-growing species like pigmy talinum in greenhouses back home.
- Rare cactus seekers set off each spring through New Mexico to collect clippings from natural environments with small clumps of mature pigmy talinum scattered in well drained and low-elevated gravel lots.