familyPortulacaceae
genusClaytonia
speciesClaytonia perfoliata
subspeciesClaytonia perfoliata subsp. intermontana
Claytonia perfoliata subsp. intermontana
Novon 3: 269. 1993.
Common names: Intermountain miner’s-lettuce
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 4. Treatment on page 472.
Leaves: blades livid or beet red or purplish abaxially and gray-green with epidermal gas pockets adaxially, pockets remain preserved upon drying, or blades green; basal leaf-rosettes suberect to flattened, 20–30 cm, blade ovate to broadly rhombic, apex obtuse; cauline leaves perfoliate; blade 1–5 cm diam., margins often notched or cleft. Seeds 3–4 mm. 2n = 24, 36, 48.
Phenology: Flowering Apr–Jun.
Habitat: Heavily grazed shrubland and woodland
Elevation: 500-2000 m
Distribution
B.C., Ariz., Calif., Colo., Idaho, Mont., Nev., Oreg., Utah, Wash., Wyo.
Discussion
Selected References
None.
Lower Taxa
None.
... more about "Claytonia perfoliata subsp. intermontana"
red pigmentation +
weak +
1cm;7cm +
obtuse +
0.5cm;5cm +
suberect +
flattened +
petiolate +
few;several +
drying +
occasionally dentate;crisped +
tuberous +
leaflike +
scale-like +
membranous +
3-valved +
dehiscent +
woody +
perfoliate +
Intermountain miner’s-lettuce +
white +
solitary +
irregular +
symmetric +
showy +
multiple +
capsular +
2-9-carpelled +
single +
1-bracteate +
racemose +
spikelike +
not articulate +
clasping +
hygroscopic +
involute +
red pigmentation +
weak +
obtuse;apiculate +
glabrous +
plurilocular +
superior +
globose +
1-many +
absent +
absent +
preserved +
Novon +
1993 +
branched +
capillary +
fibrous +
suberect;erect +
flattened +
black +
dispersed +
shiny +
rounded +
leaflike +
persistent +
2;9 +
unequal +
Illustrated +
opposite +
adnate +
aerial +
subterranean +
branched +
absent +
Claytonia perfoliata subsp. intermontana +
Claytonia perfoliata +
subspecies +
not deciduous +
annual +