Calandrinia ciliata
Calandrinia breweri
desert rock-purslane, fringe redmaids, red-maids, redmainds
Brewer's calandrinia, Brewer's redmaids
prostrate to ascending, spreading, 3–40 cm.
prostrate to ascending, 10–45 cm.
blades linear to oblanceolate, 1–10 cm, glabrous or with elongate, 1-cellular hairs.
blades ± ovate to spatulate, 2–8 cm, glabrous.
sepals 2.5–8 mm;
petals 4–15 mm;
stamens 3–15;
pedicel ± straight in fruit, 0.4–2.5 cm.
sepals 4–6 mm;
petals 3–5 mm;
stamens 3–6;
pedicel usually curved in fruit, 6–20 cm.
usually not exceeding calyx by 3+ mm.
usually exceeding calyx by 3+ mm.
10–20, 1–2.5 mm wide, finely reticulate at 30x.
10–15, 1–2 mm wide, partially or totally finely tuberculate at 30x.
= 24.
Calandrinia ciliata
Calandrinia breweri
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.)
Calandrinia breweri is very similar to C. ciliata. In C. breweri, the fruit usually exceeds the calyx by 3 mm or more; in C. ciliata the fruit scarcely exceeds the calyx or does so by less than 3 mm. The most consistent character separating these two species is seed surface morphology viewed at 30×: Calandrinia breweri seeds are tuberculate to some degree, whereas C. ciliata seeds have a reticulate, nontuberculate surface.
(Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.)
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