Claytonia arctica
Mém. Soc. Imp. Naturalistes Moscou 5: 94. 1817.
Common names: Arctic claytonia
Plants perennial, with stout to slender, often fusiform, woody caudices; periderm 1–12 mm. Stems 1–10 cm. Leaves: basal leaves petiolate, often dilated at base, blade spatulate to elliptic, 2–15 × 0.5–1 cm, thinly herbaceous, apex obtuse; cauline leaves sessile, blade elliptic or oval, 0.5–2 × 0.5–1 cm. Inflorescences ebracteate. Flowers 12–20 mm diam.; sepals 6–8 mm; petals yellow or white with yellow blotch at base, 10–12 × 3–8 mm; ovules 6. Seeds 2–3 mm diam., shiny and smooth to tuberculate; elaiosome 1–2 mm. 2n = 10.
Phenology: Flowering Jun–Jul.
Habitat: Snow beds in talus, rocks, and gravels
Elevation: 0-2000 m
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obtuse +
petiolate +
few;several +
dilated +
herbaceous +
occasionally dentate;crisped +
yellow +
leaflike +
scale-like +
membranous +
3-valved +
dehiscent +
fusiform +
stout;slender +
woody +
sessile +
Arctic claytonia +
white +
solitary +
irregular +
symmetric +
showy +
multiple +
capsular +
2-9-carpelled +
single +
ebracteate +
racemose +
spikelike +
not articulate +
clasping +
hygroscopic +
involute +
glabrous +
plurilocular +
superior +
globose +
1-many +
10mm;12mm +
absent +
Mém. Soc. Imp. Naturalistes Moscou +
1817 +
branched +
capillary +
fibrous +
black +
dispersed +
2mm;3mm +
shiny +
rounded +
leaflike +
persistent +
2;9 +
unequal +
opposite +
adnate +
aerial +
subterranean +
branched +
absent +
Claytonia arctica +
Claytonia +
species +
not deciduous +
perennial +