Flora of North America species comparison

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Cistanthe monandra

common pussypaws
Habit Plants annual, taprooted.
Stems

2 or more from each rosette, spreading to decumbent, 1.5–18 cm.
Leaves

basal and cauline;

basal withering in fruit, in single, prostrate rosette, blade spatulate, 1–5 cm;

cauline leaf blades spatulate, 1–2(–4) cm.
Flowers

subsessile;

sepals ovate, unequal, 1–2 mm, herbaceous, margins scarious;

petals (2–)3, pink to reddish, 1–3 mm;

stamens 1(–3), anther yellow;

style absent;

stigmas 2.
Capsules

ovoid to cylindric, somewhat falcate, 4–8 mm;

valves 2.
Seeds

4–10, black, orbicular, 0.3–0.7 mm, shiny.
Inflor

-escences racemose or paniculate cymes, scorpioid when immature, loose.
2n

= 44.

Cistanthe monandra
Phenology Flowering Mar–Jun.
Habitat Open sandy areas, burns
Elevation 0-2100 m [0-6900 ft]
Distribution
from FNA
AZ; CA; NV; Mexico (Baja California)
Parent taxa Portulacaceae > Cistanthe
Sibling taxa
C. ambigua, C. maritima, C. monosperma, C. parryi, C. pulchella, C. pygmaea, C. quadripetala, C. rosea, C. tweedyi, C. umbellata
Synonyms Calyptridium monandrum
Name authority (Nuttall) Hershkovitz: Phytologia 68: 267. (1990)
Source FNA vol. 4, p. 462. Treatment authors: Walter A. Kelley, John M. Miller, John G. Packer.
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