Flora of North America species comparison

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Calandrinia ciliata

desert rock-purslane, fringe redmaids, red-maids, redmainds
Stems

prostrate to ascending, spreading, 3–40 cm.
Leaf

blades linear to oblanceolate, 1–10 cm, glabrous or with elongate, 1-cellular hairs.
Flowers

sepals 2.5–8 mm;

petals 4–15 mm;

stamens 3–15;

pedicel ± straight in fruit, 0.4–2.5 cm.
Capsules

usually not exceeding calyx by 3+ mm.
Seeds

10–20, 1–2.5 mm wide, finely reticulate at 30x.
2n

= 24.

Calandrinia ciliata
Phenology Flowering spring.
Habitat Sandy to loamy soils, grassy areas, cultivated fields
Elevation 10-1900 m (0-6200 ft)
Distribution
from FNA
AZ; CA; NM; OR; WA; BC; w Mexico; Central America (Guatemala); nw South America
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Discussion

Calandrina ciliata is highly variable vegetatively, especially in size, but is uniform in flower, fruit, and seed. It is very similar to C. breweri (see discussion above).

(Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.)
Source FNA vol. 4, p. 460.
Parent taxa Portulacaceae > Calandrinia
Sibling taxa
C. breweri
Synonyms Talinum ciliatum, C. caulescens, C. ciliata var. menziesii, C. micrantha
Name authority (Ruiz & Pavón) de Candolle: in A. P. de Candolle and A. L. P. P. de Candolle, Prodr. 3: 359. (1828)
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