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Habit Plants to 4 dm; roots fleshily woody.
Stems

ascending or erect, simple or branching.

Leaves

sessile;

blade subterete, to 7 cm.

Inflorescences

cymose, much overtopping leaves;

peduncle scapelike, to 25 cm.

Flowers

sepals persistent, ovate to suborbiculate, 4–6 mm;

petals pink- to red-purple, obovate, 10–15 mm;

stamens 25–45;

stigma 1, subcapitate, 3-lobed.

Capsules

broadly ovoid, 6–7 mm.

Seeds

without arcuate ridges, 1 mm.

2n

= 24, 48.

Phemeranthus calycinus

Phenology Flowering May–Oct.
Habitat Rocky or sandy soil, on or near outcrops
Elevation 100-1200 m (300-3900 ft)
Distribution
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AR; CO; IL; KS; LA; MO; NE; NM; OK; TX
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Discussion

Some populations of Phemeranthus calycinus are diploid while others are tetraploid, the latter probably the result of autopolyploidy (W. H. Murdy and M. E. B. Carter 2001).

(Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.)

Source FNA vol. 4, p. 492.
Parent taxa Portulacaceae > Phemeranthus
Sibling taxa
P. aurantiacus, P. brevicaulis, P. brevifolius, P. calcaricus, P. humilis, P. longipes, P. marginatus, P. mengesii, P. parviflorus, P. rugospermus, P. sediformis, P. spinescens, P. teretifolius, P. thompsonii, P. validulus
Synonyms Talinum calycinum, Claytonia calycina
Name authority (Engelmann) Kiger: Novon 11: 320. (2001)
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