Claytonia rosea |
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Madrean springbeauty, Rocky Mountain Spring beauty, western springbeauty |
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Habit | Plants perennial, with globose tubers 20–100 mm; periderm 5–10 mm. |
Stems | 2–15 cm. |
Leaves | basal leaves sometimes absent, petiolate, blade linear to narrowly spatulate, 1–7 × 0.4–2 cm, apex acute to obtuse; cauline leaves petiolate, blade linear, 2–5 cm, apex acute to obtuse. |
Inflorescences | multibracteate, rarely 1-bracteate; proximalmost bract leaflike, distal bracts reduced to membranous scales. |
Flowers | 8–14 mm diam.; sepals 3–5 mm; petals pink, rose, or magenta, 8–10 mm; ovules 6. |
Seeds | 2–3 mm, shiny and smooth; elaiosome 1–2 mm. |
2n | = 16. |
Claytonia rosea |
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Phenology | Flowering Feb–May. |
Habitat | Hillsides and mesas of montane ponderosa and Chihuahuan pine and oak belts |
Elevation | 800-2400 m (2600-7900 ft) |
Distribution |
AZ; CO; NM; UT; Mexico
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Discussion | Claytonia rosea is morphologically distinct from C. lanceolata based on early cytological and ecological study of the two species by D. K. Halleck and D. Wiens (1966) and the author’s review of type material. (Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.) |
Source | FNA vol. 4, p. 472. |
Parent taxa | Portulacaceae > Claytonia |
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Synonyms | C. lanceolata var. rosea |
Name authority | Rydberg: Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 31: 404. (1904) |
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