- flame flower, flame-flower, flameflower, Talinum aurantiacum - plant with fleshy roots and erect stems with narrow succulent leaves and one reddish-orange flower in each upper leaf axil; southwestern United States; Indians once cooked the fleshy roots
--1 is a kind of wildflower, wild flower
--1 is a member of Talinum, genus Talinum
--1 has particulars:narrow-leaved flame flower, Talinum augustissimum; pigmy talinum, Talinum brevifolium; rock pink, Talinum calycinum; jewels-of-opar, Talinum paniculatum; spiny talinum, Talinum spinescens