Talinopsis frutescens A.Gray

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

A flower and an immature fruit on Pyramid Peak in the Bishop's Cap Hills, Doña Ana County, New Mexico, 19 Sep 2008.

Fruit on Pyramid Peak, 19 Sep 2008.

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.