Burke: Claytonia rubra vs. Claytonia sibirica

	Claytonia rubra	Claytonia sibirica
	cushion miner's lettuce, erubescent lettuce, red miners lettuce	candyflower, Siberian springbeauty, western springbeauty
Habit	Fleshy annuals, the stems 1-10 cm. tall.	Somewhat fleshy taprooted annual, or short-lived perennial from rhizomes, usually with several stems 5-40 cm. 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.	Leaves mostly basal, the blades lanceolate to rhombic-ovate, 1-4 cm. broad and long, occasionally much narrower, on petioles 2-3 times as long as the blades; cauline leaves 2, opposite, usually sessile, obovate-rhombic to broadly lanceolate, 1-5 cm. broad and up to 7 cm. long, acute to rounded.
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 1-3 bracteate, many-flowered, elongate racemes; pedicels 1.5-4 cm. long, spreading; sepals 2, 2.5- 5 mm. long; petals 5, white to deep pink, 6-12 mm. long; stamens 3-5; style 1, with 3 linear stigmas.
Fruits	Capsule 3-ovuled.	Capsule about equaling the sepals.

	Claytonia rubra	Claytonia sibirica
Flowering time	April-July	March-September
Habitat	Open areas from sea level to middle elevations in the mountains.	Moist, usually shady places, lowlands 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; Alaska to California, east to Montana and northeastern Oregon and southeastern Idaho. [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. cordifolia, C. exigua, C. lanceolata, C. megarhiza, C. multiscapa, C. parviflora, C. perfoliata, C. rubra, 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, Turner Photog. 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 sibirica

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

candyflower, Siberian springbeauty, western springbeauty

Habit

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

Somewhat fleshy taprooted annual, or short-lived perennial from rhizomes, usually with several stems 5-40 cm. 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.

Leaves mostly basal, the blades lanceolate to rhombic-ovate, 1-4 cm. broad and long, occasionally much narrower, on petioles 2-3 times as long as the blades;

cauline leaves 2, opposite, usually sessile, obovate-rhombic to broadly lanceolate, 1-5 cm. broad and up to 7 cm. long, acute to rounded.

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 1-3 bracteate, many-flowered, elongate racemes;

pedicels 1.5-4 cm. long, spreading;

sepals 2, 2.5- 5 mm. long;

petals 5, white to deep pink, 6-12 mm. long;

stamens 3-5;