Claytonia washingtoniana
Werdenda 1: 10. 1923.
Common names: Lake Washington claytonia
EndemicConservation concern
Basionym: Montia washingtoniana Suksdorf Deutsche Bot. Monatsschr. 16: 220. 1898
Plants annual, with minute, tuberous body; periderm absent. Stems 3–15 cm. Leaves: basal leaves petiolate, 2–30 cm, blade rhombic or ovate, 2–3 cm; cauline leaves sessile, distinct or slightly connate on 1 side only, blade ovate, 1–3 cm. Inflorescences multibracteate, or with 2–several bracts near base of inflorescence; bracts leaflike, 2–10 mm. Flowers 4–8 mm diam.; sepals 2–3.5 mm; petals pink, 3–4 mm; ovules 3. Seeds 1–2 mm diam., shiny and smooth; elaiosome 1 mm. 2n = 24.
Phenology: Flowering Jan–Jun.
Habitat: Coastal bluffs and disturbed places associated with red alder and moss mats in boulders and cliffs of moist coastal forests
Elevation: 0-500 m
Distribution
B.C., Calif., Oreg., Wash.
Discussion
Claytonia washingtoniana is a fertile hybrid between C. sibirica and C. perfoliata.
of conservation concern
Selected References
Lower Taxa
None.
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petiolate +
few;several +
occasionally dentate;crisped +
tuberous +
leaflike +
scale-like +
membranous +
3-valved +
dehiscent +
woody +
sessile +
Lake Washington claytonia +
white +
1 cm10 mm <br />0.01 m <br /> (?) +
solitary +
irregular +
symmetric +
showy +
multiple +
capsular +
2-9-carpelled +
Coastal bluffs and disturbed places associated with red alder and moss mats in boulders and cliffs of moist coastal forests +
single +
multibracteate +
racemose +
spikelike +
not articulate +
clasping +
hygroscopic +
involute +
glabrous +
plurilocular +
superior +
globose +
1-many +
absent +
pink +
absent +
Werdenda +
1923 +
branched +
capillary +
fibrous +
black +
dispersed +
1mm;2mm +
shiny +
rounded +
leaflike +
persistent +
2;9 +
unequal +
opposite +
adnate +
aerial +
subterranean +
branched +
absent +
Claytonia washingtoniana +
Claytonia +
species +
not deciduous +
annual +