Burke: Claytonia rubra vs. Claytonia cordifolia

	Claytonia rubra	Claytonia cordifolia
	cushion miner's lettuce, erubescent lettuce, red miners lettuce	broadleaf springbeauty, heart-leaf springbeauty
Habit	Fleshy annuals, the stems 1-10 cm. tall.	Somewhat succulent perennial from a horizontal rhizome from which arise, at distinct intervals, several clumps of 1-several erect, simple stems 1-3 dm. tall.
Leaves	Basal leaves usually in flattened rosettes 0.5-6 cm. wide, the blades strongly reddish, narrowly rhombic to ovate, spatulate or ladle-shaped; cauline leaves opposite, sessile, the blades ovate, distinct or united.	Basal leaves several, the blade triangular-ovate and often cordate, 3-6 cm. broad and somewhat shorter, with petioles 2-3 times as long as the blade.
Flowers	Inflorescence a raceme, subtended by a leaf-like bract 0.5-15 mm. in diameter; flowers 2-5 mm. in diameter; sepals 2, 1.5-2.5 mm. long; petals 5, white to pale pinkish, 2-3 mm. long; stamens opposite the petals.	Inflorescence of elongate, lax, 3- to 10-flowered racemes, without bracts; pedicels stout, 10-15 mm. long; sepals 2, 3-5 mm. long; petals white, 8-13 mm. long; stamens 5; stigmas 3, linear.
Fruits	Capsule 3-ovuled.	Capsule, about as long as the sepals.

	Claytonia rubra	Claytonia cordifolia
Flowering time	April-July	May-September
Habitat	Open areas from sea level to middle elevations in the mountains.	On wet soil, usually along streams, moderate to mid-elevations in the mountains.
Distribution	Occurring on both sides of the Cascades crest in Washington; British Columbia to California, east to the Rocky Mountains. [WildflowerSearch map] [BONAP county map]	Occurring on both sides of the Cascades crest in Washington; British Columbia to California, east to Montana and Utah. [WildflowerSearch map] [BONAP county map]
Origin	Native	Native
Conservation status	Not of concern	Not of concern
Sibling taxa	C. arenicola, C. cordifolia, C. exigua, C. lanceolata, C. megarhiza, C. multiscapa, C. parviflora, C. perfoliata, C. sibirica, C. umbellata, C. washingtoniana	C. arenicola, C. exigua, C. lanceolata, C. megarhiza, C. multiscapa, C. parviflora, C. perfoliata, C. rubra, C. sibirica, C. umbellata, C. washingtoniana
Web links	Local floras: BC, CA, OR, WA Local Web sites: CalFlora, CalPhotos, Flora NW, PNW Herbaria WildflowerSearch iNaturalist (observations) USDA Plants Database LBJ Wildflower Center SEINet Plants of the World Online Encyclopedia of Life Wikipedia Google Image Search	Local floras: BC, CA, OR, WA Local Web sites: CalFlora, CalPhotos, Flora NW, PNW Herbaria WildflowerSearch iNaturalist (observations) USDA Plants Database LBJ Wildflower Center SEINet Plants of the World Online Encyclopedia of Life Wikipedia Google Image Search

Claytonia rubra

Claytonia cordifolia

cushion miner's lettuce, erubescent lettuce, red miners lettuce

broadleaf springbeauty, heart-leaf springbeauty

Habit

Fleshy annuals, the stems 1-10 cm. tall.

Somewhat succulent perennial from a horizontal rhizome from which arise, at distinct intervals, several clumps of 1-several erect, simple stems 1-3 dm. tall.

Leaves

Basal leaves usually in flattened rosettes 0.5-6 cm. wide, the blades strongly reddish, narrowly rhombic to ovate, spatulate or ladle-shaped;

cauline leaves opposite, sessile, the blades ovate, distinct or united.

Basal leaves several, the blade triangular-ovate and often cordate, 3-6 cm. broad and somewhat shorter, with petioles 2-3 times as long as the blade.

Flowers

Inflorescence a raceme, subtended by a leaf-like bract 0.5-15 mm. in diameter;

flowers 2-5 mm. in diameter;

sepals 2, 1.5-2.5 mm. long;

petals 5, white to pale pinkish, 2-3 mm. long;

stamens opposite the petals.

Inflorescence of elongate, lax, 3- to 10-flowered racemes, without bracts;

pedicels stout, 10-15 mm. long;