Cistanthe monosperma |
Cistanthe tweedyi |
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one-seed pussypaws |
Tweedy's pussypaws |
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Habit | Plants perennial, taprooted; caudex unbranched (rarely branching). | Plants perennial, taprooted; caudex short-branching. |
Stems | 2 or more from each rosette, spreading to ascending, to 50 cm. |
1 or more from each rosette, 10–20 cm, bracts scattered proximally, ovate-lanceolate, scarious. |
Leaves | basal and cauline; basal in single, prostrate rosette, blade spatulate, 0.5–15 cm; cauline leaves smaller. |
basal, in loose rosettes; blade elliptic-lanceolate to ovate or oblanceolate, narrowing to broad petiole, 6–15 cm. |
Inflorescences | umbellate, rarely paniculate cymes, usually open. |
racemose, 1–5(–8)-flowered. |
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. |
pedicellate; sepals broadly ovate, 9–10 mm, scarious; petals 7–9(–12), salmon-pink to yellowish, rarely white, 25–40 mm; stamens 10–23, anther yellow; style present; stigmas 3; pedicel 20–60 mm. |
Capsules | globose, 2–3.5 mm; valves 2. |
ovoid, 7–10 mm, dehiscence circumscissile near base; valves 3–4, splitting from base toward apex. |
Seeds | 1–3, black, orbicular-reniform, 0.7–1.2 mm, shiny. |
12–35, dark brownish red, suborbicular to reniform, 2 mm, not shiny, warty, strophiolate. |
2n | = 46, 92. |
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Cistanthe monosperma |
Cistanthe tweedyi |
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Phenology | Flowering Apr–Sep. | Flowering May–Jul. |
Habitat | Dry, sandy or gravelly soils | Well-drained granitic talus slopes and ledges, often in ponderosa pine duff |
Elevation | 300-3500 m (1000-11500 ft) | 600-2200 m (2000-7200 ft) |
Distribution |
CA; NV; OR; Mexico (Baja California)
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WA; BC |
Discussion | Of conservation concern. (Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.) |
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Source | FNA vol. 4, p. 463. | FNA vol. 4, p. 464. |
Parent taxa | Portulacaceae > Cistanthe | Portulacaceae > Cistanthe |
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Synonyms | Calyptridium monospermum, Spraguea monosperma, Spraguea pulcherrima | Calandrinia tweedyi, Lewisia tweedyi, Lewisiopsis tweedyi |
Name authority | (Greene) Hershkovitz: Phytologia 68: 267. (1990) | (A. Gray) Hershkovitz: Phytologia 68: 268. (1990) |
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