Flora of North America species comparison

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Cistanthe monosperma

one-seed pussypaws
Habit Plants perennial, taprooted; caudex unbranched (rarely branching).
Stems

2 or more from each rosette, spreading to ascending, to 50 cm.
Leaves

basal and cauline;

basal in single, prostrate rosette, blade spatulate, 0.5–15 cm;

cauline leaves smaller.
Inflorescences

umbellate, rarely paniculate cymes, usually open.
Flowers

subsessile;

sepals orbiculate to reniform, unequal, 3–8 mm, scarious;

petals 4, rose or pinkish white to white, 3–9 mm;

stamens 3, anther pink or rose;

style exserted, filiform;

stigmas 2.
Capsules

globose, 2–3.5 mm;

valves 2.
Seeds

1–3, black, orbicular-reniform, 0.7–1.2 mm, shiny.

Cistanthe monosperma
Phenology Flowering Apr–Sep.
Habitat Dry, sandy or gravelly soils
Elevation 300-3500 m (1000-11500 ft)
Distribution
from FNA
CA; NV; OR; Mexico (Baja California)
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Source FNA vol. 4, p. 463.
Parent taxa Portulacaceae > Cistanthe
Sibling taxa
C. ambigua, C. maritima, C. monandra, C. parryi, C. pulchella, C. pygmaea, C. quadripetala, C. rosea, C. tweedyi, C. umbellata
Synonyms Calyptridium monospermum, Spraguea monosperma, Spraguea pulcherrima
Name authority (Greene) Hershkovitz: Phytologia 68: 267. (1990)
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