Claytonia rosea |
Claytonia umbellata |
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Madrean springbeauty, Rocky Mountain Spring beauty, western springbeauty |
Great Basin claytonia, Great Basin springbeauty, umbellate springbeauty |
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Habit | Plants perennial, with globose tubers 20–100 mm; periderm 5–10 mm. | Plants perennial, with globose tubers 10–50 mm diam., mature plants rhizomatous; periderm 5–20 mm. |
Stems | 2–15 cm. |
2–25 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. |
basal leaves somtimes absent, petiolate, 5–25 cm, blade elliptic to rhombic, 1–3 × 0.2–2 cm; cauline leaves petiolate, blade elliptic to ovate 1.5–5 × 1–3 cm, abruptly tapered at base. |
Inflorescences | multibracteate, rarely 1-bracteate; proximalmost bract leaflike, distal bracts reduced to membranous scales. |
ebracteate. |
Flowers | 8–14 mm diam.; sepals 3–5 mm; petals pink, rose, or magenta, 8–10 mm; ovules 6. |
8–14 mm diam.; sepals 5–7 mm; petals pink to magenta, 6–12 mm; ovules 6. |
Seeds | 2–3 mm, shiny and smooth; elaiosome 1–2 mm. |
1–2 mm, smooth and shiny; elaiosome 1 mm or less. |
2n | = 16. |
= 16. |
Claytonia rosea |
Claytonia umbellata |
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Phenology | Flowering Feb–May. | Flowering May–Aug. |
Habitat | Hillsides and mesas of montane ponderosa and Chihuahuan pine and oak belts | North- and east-facing talus and scree slopes of drier mountain areas, subalpine coniferous forests |
Elevation | 800-2400 m (2600-7900 ft) | 100-3000 m (300-9800 ft) |
Distribution |
AZ; CO; NM; UT; Mexico
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CA; OR
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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.) |
Of conservation concern. (Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.) |
Source | FNA vol. 4, p. 472. | FNA vol. 4, p. 475. |
Parent taxa | Portulacaceae > Claytonia | Portulacaceae > Claytonia |
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Synonyms | C. lanceolata var. rosea | |
Name authority | Rydberg: Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 31: 404. (1904) | S. Watson: Botany (Fortieth Parallel), 43, plate 6, figs. 4, 5. (1871) |
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