| Family | MONTIACEAE |
| Genus species | Phemeranthus humilis (Greene) Kiger |
| Bibliography | Novon 11: 320 (2001) |
| Native Range | Arizona to New Mexico and Mexico |
| Primary Biome | Desert or Dry Shrubland |
| Habitat | dry, rocky slopes |
| Altitude | 1600-1800m |
| Description | succulent, leaves terete, 3-10cm, pale glaucous, flowers in cyme, thinly pedicellate, flowers 2cm, sepals 2, deciduous, petals 5, eliptic to obovate, stigma 1 |
| Size | 1-5cm |
| Color | yellow |
| Bloom | summer |
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| Type | tuberous perennial |
| Cultivation | sunny, dry, rock crevices, protection against winter wet alpine house, poor, drained soil, sun |
| Propagation | seed in spring, germ. 1-3 months, 13-18°C division of resting tubers |
| Synonyms | Talinum humile Greene |
| Territory | 7 Northern America 76 Southwestern U.S.A. (ARI Arizona) 77 South-Central U.S.A. (NWM New Mexico) 79 Mexico (MXE Mexico Northeast, MXS Mexico Southwest) |