familyPortulacaceae
genusCistanthe
speciesCistanthe maritima

Cistanthe maritima

(Nuttall) Carolin ex Hershkovitz

Phytologia 68: 269. 1990.

Walter A. Kelley, John M. Miller, John G. Packer
Illustrated
Basionym: Calandrinia maritima Nuttall in J. Torrey and A. Gray, Fl. N. Amer. 1: 197. 1838
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 4. Treatment on page 462. Mentioned on page 459, 461.
Please click on the illustration for a higher resolution version.
Illustrator: Bee F. Gunn

Copyright: Flora of North America Association

Plants annual, taproot fleshy. Stems spreading or ascending, 7–25 cm. Leaves cauline, not forming basal rosettes; blade ovate to obovate or spatulate, flattened, 1–6 cm, glaucous. Inflorescences paniculate, loose, usually exceeding leaves. Flowers pedicellate; sepals ovate-orbiculate, slightly unequal, 3–5 mm, herbaceous, glaucous; petals disarticulate in fruit, usually 5, red-purple, 3–6 mm; stamens usually 5, anther yellow; style present; stigmas 3; pedicel 5–15 mm. Capsules ovoid, usually longer than calyx at maturity, 5–8 mm; valves 3. Seeds 20–40, dull gray, ellipsoid, 0.5–1 mm, white-hairy at 30×, strophiolate.


Phenology: Flowering Mar–Apr.
Habitat: Sandy places near sea bluffs
Elevation: 0-300 m

Distribution

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Calif., Mexico (Baja California)

Discussion

Cistanthe maritima is threatened in California by habitat destruction (J. P. Smith Jr. 1984).

Selected References

None.

Lower Taxa

None.
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Anther coloration
yellow +
Attachment point arrangement or course or shape
linear +
Author
Walter A. Kelley +, John M. Miller +  and John G. Packer +
Authority
(Nuttall) Carolin ex Hershkovitz +
Basionyms
Calandrinia maritima +
Blade margin architecture or shape
entire +
Blade margin shape
occasionally dentate;crisped +
Blade pubescence
glaucous +
Blade shape
flattened +, ovate +  and obovate or spatulate +
Blade some measurement
1 cm10 mm <br />0.01 m <br /> (6 cm60 mm <br />0.06 m <br />) +
Bract atypical quantity
1 (2) +
Bract position
subtending +
Bract quantity
2 +
Bract size
unequal +
Capsule architecture
2-3-valved +
Capsule dehiscence
loculicidal +
Capsule length or size
usually longer +
Capsule shape
ovoid +
Capsule some measurement
0.5 cm5 mm <br />0.005 m <br /> (?) +  and 0.8 cm8 mm <br />0.008 m <br /> (?) +
Cauline leaf arrangement
alternate +
Distribution
Calif. +  and Mexico (Baja California) +
Elevation
0-300 m +
Flower architecture
pedicellate +
Flower architecture or course
irregular +
Flower architecture or shape
symmetric +
Fruit architecture
capsular +
Gynoecium architecture
2-9-carpelled +
Habitat
Sandy places near sea bluffs +
Illustration
Present +
Illustration copyright
Flora of North America Association +
Illustrator
Bee F. Gunn +
Inflorescence architecture
bracteate +, leafy +, 1-many-flowered +, secund +, cymose +  and umbellate +
Inflorescence architecture or fragility
loose +
Inflorescence arrangement
paniculate +
Inflorescence density
dense +
Inflorescence position
axillary +
Inflorescence shape
scorpioid +
Leaf architecture
not articulate +
Leaf architecture or fixation
clasping +
Leaf arrangement
subrosulate +, rosulate +, alternate +, subopposite +  and opposite +
Leaf position
cauline +
Leaf pubescence
glabrous +
Margin dehiscence
not reflexed +
Margin shape or vernation
involute +
Node pubescence
glabrous +
Number of lower taxa
0 +
Ovary architecture
plurilocular +
Ovary architecture or structure in adjective form
1-locular +
Ovary position
superior +
Ovary quantity
1 +
Ovule placentation
1-many +
Ovule quantity
1;many +
Pedicel some measurement
0.5 cm5 mm <br />0.005 m <br /> (1.5 cm15 mm <br />0.015 m <br />) +
Petal atypical quantity
9 (12) +
Petal coloration or density
red-purple +
Petal fusion
distinct +
Petal presence
absent +
Petal quantity
5 +
Petal some measurement
0.3 cm3 mm <br />0.003 m <br /> (0.6 cm6 mm <br />0.006 m <br />) +
Phenology
Flowering Mar–Apr. +
Publication title
Phytologia +
Publication year
1990 +
Reference
None +
Root texture
fibrous +  and fleshy +
Seed architecture
strophiolate +
Seed coloration
gray +
Seed pubescence
white-hairy +
Seed quantity
20 +  and 40 +
Seed reflectance
dull +
Seed relief
sculptured +  and smooth +
Seed shape
ellipsoid +
Seed some measurement
0.05 cm0.5 mm <br />5.0e-4 m <br /> (?) +  and 0.1 cm1 mm <br />0.001 m <br /> (?) +
Sepal duration
persistent +
Sepal fusion
distinct +
Sepal growth form or texture
herbaceous +
Sepal pubescence
glaucous +
Sepal quantity
2;9 +
Sepal shape
ovate-orbiculate +
Sepal size
unequal +
Sepal some measurement
0.3 cm3 mm <br />0.003 m <br /> (0.5 cm5 mm <br />0.005 m <br />) +
Sepal texture
herbaceous;scarious +
Source xml
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Special status
Illustrated +
Stamen arrangement
opposite +
Stamen fusion
adnate +
Stamen quantity
5 +
Stem architecture
branched +  and simple +
Stem orientation
ascending +  and spreading +
Stem some measurement
7 cm70 mm <br />0.07 m <br /> (25 cm250 mm <br />0.25 m <br />) +
Stigma quantity
3 +
Style architecture
branched +
Style presence
absent +
Synonyms
Calyptridium +, Lewisiopsis +  and Spraguea +
Taproot texture
fleshy +
Taxon family
Portulacaceae +
Taxon name
Cistanthe maritima +
Taxon parent
Cistanthe +
Taxon rank
species +
Valve duration
not deciduous +
Valve quantity
3 (?) +
Volume
Volume 4 +
Whole organism architecture
stoloniferous +  and not rhizomatous +
Whole organism duration
annual +
Whole organism growth form
plant +
Whole organism pubescence
glabrous +
Whole organism texture
succulent +
X chromosome quantity
23 +  and 22 +