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Claytonia arenicola

Henderson's claytonia, sand claytonia, sand springbeauty, Snake Canyon springbeauty
Habit Plants annual, with minute, tuberous body; periderm absent.
Stems

2–10 cm.
Leaves

basal leaf blades linear to narrowly lanceolate, 1–5 × 0.05–0.2 cm;

cauline leaves sessile, blade linear, 1–3 cm.
Inflorescences

multi-bracteate;

proximalmost bract 5–10 mm, leaflike, distal bracts 1 mm or less, reduced to membranous scales.
Flowers

10–12 mm diam.;

sepals 1.5–2.5 mm;

petals white, pink, or candy-striped, 6–10 mm;

ovules 6.
Seeds

(1–)6, 1–2 mm, shiny and smooth;

elaiosome 1 mm or less.
2n

= 12.

Claytonia arenicola
Phenology Flowering early Mar.
Habitat Selaginella mats and crevices of cliffs and rock faces in Great Basin sagebrush and ponderosa pine belt
Elevation 200-1200 m (700-3900 ft)
Distribution
from FNA
ID; MT; OR; WA
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Source FNA vol. 4, p. 467.
Parent taxa Portulacaceae > Claytonia
Sibling taxa
C. acutifolia, C. arctica, C. caroliniana, C. cordifolia, C. exigua, C. gypsophiloides, C. lanceolata, C. megarhiza, C. multiscapa, C. nevadensis, C. ogilviensis, C. palustris, C. parviflora, C. perfoliata, C. rosea, C. rubra, C. sarmentosa, C. saxosa, C. scammaniana, C. sibirica, C. tuberosa, C. umbellata, C. virginica, C. washingtoniana
Synonyms Montia arenicola
Name authority L. F. Henderson: Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 22: 49. (1895)
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