Talinopsis frutescens

An erect, widely-branching plant, similar to Portulaca but with much more diffuse inflorescences and superior ovaries. The type locality is A Mountain. Thanks to Dave Ferguson for the ID.

A flower on Tortugas Mountain, Doña Ana County, New Mexico, 8 Sep 2006.

Flowers on Tortugas Mountain, 8 Sep 2006.

Plant habit amid Opuntia on Tortugas Mountain, 8 Sep 2006.

Flowers on Tortugas Mountain, 8 Sep 2006.

Flowers near the Paquime Museum in Casas Grandes, Chihuahua, Mexico, 9 Sep 2009. Whereas when I have seen it in New Mexico it is on open limestone near the tops of low peaks, at this site it was growing in the middle of mesquite bushes in flat clay.