Claytonia saxosa
Zo ë 4: 150. 1893.
Common names: Brandegee’s claytonia
EndemicConservation concern
Synonyms: Montia saxosa (Brandegee) Brandegee ex B. L. Robinson
Plants annual, with minute, tuberous body; periderm absent. Stems 1–4 cm. Leaves: basal leaves sessile, blade broadly spatulate, 0.5–3 × 0.5–1 cm; cauline leaves sessile, blade spatulate, 0.2–1 × 0.2–0.5 cm. Inflorescences ebracteate. Flowers 10–15 mm diam., pinkish to magenta; sepals 2–3 mm; petals 6–10 mm; ovules 3. Seeds 1–2 mm, tuberculate; elaiosome inserted in wide notch of seed-coat, 0.5 mm. 2n = 16.
Phenology: Flowering early spring.
Habitat: Serpentine balds, rock outcrops
Elevation: 500-2000 m
Discussion
Of conservation concern.
Selected References
None.
Lower Taxa
None.
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sessile +
few;several +
occasionally dentate;crisped +
spatulate +
tuberous +
leaflike +
scale-like +
membranous +
3-valved +
dehiscent +
woody +
sessile +
Brandegee’s claytonia +
Calif. +
white +
solitary +
irregular +
symmetric +
pinkish;magenta +
showy +
multiple +
capsular +
2-9-carpelled +
single +
ebracteate +
racemose +
spikelike +
not articulate +
clasping +
hygroscopic +
involute +
glabrous +
wide +
plurilocular +
superior +
globose +
1-many +
absent +
absent +
Zo ë +
1893 +
branched +
capillary +
fibrous +
0.5 cm5 mm <br />0.005 m <br /> (?) +
black +
dispersed +
shiny +
tuberculate +
rounded +
leaflike +
persistent +
2;9 +
unequal +
opposite +
adnate +
aerial +
subterranean +
branched +
absent +
Claytonia saxosa +
Claytonia +
species +
not deciduous +
annual +