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Jepson Interchange (more information)
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Annual or perennial herb, generally fleshy
Stems generally glabrous
Leaves simple, alternate or opposite, sometimes stipuled
Flower bisexual, radial; sepals generally 2(8), free or fused at base; petals 318, free or ± fused; stamens 1many, free or inserted on corolla; ovary superior or partly inferior, chamber 1, placenta free-central or basal; styles 28, generally fused at base
Fruit: capsule, circumscissile or 23-valved
Seeds 1many, generally black, generally shiny
Genera in family: ± 20 genera, ± 400 species: generally temp Am, Australia, s Africa; some cultivated (Lewisia, Portulaca, Calandrinia )
Reference: [Bogle 1969 J Arnold Arbor 50:566598]
Family description and key to genera by Dieter H. Wilken & Walter A. Kelley.
Annual or perennial herb, from stolon, rhizome, tuber, or taproot, glabrous, ± fleshy
Leaves entire; basal 0many, rosetted; cauline generally 2, generally opposite, free to fully fused into ± 2-toothed disk or cup surrounding stem
Inflorescence: raceme, terminal, 1-sided; pedicels reflexed, becoming erect in fruit
Flower: petals 5, pink or white; stamens 5, epipetalous; ovary chamber 1, placentas basal, style 1, stigmas 3
Fruit: capsule; valves 3, margins rolling inward and forcibly expelling seeds
Seeds 36, generally black, generally clearly appendaged
Species in genus: 28 species: North America, e Asia
Etymology: (John Clayton, colonial Am botanist, born 1686)
Reference: [Miller 1978 Syst Bot 3:322341; Miller & Chambers 1993 Novon 3:268273]
Some species formerly placed in Montia.
Perennial; caudex long, 530 mm diam, vertical, brownish, scaly with withered leaf bases; rhizomes and stolons 0See the CNPS Inventory for information about endangerment and rarity.
Stem 16 cm, spreading
Leaves: basal 210 cm, crowded, blade 13 cm, widely elliptic to obovate, base tapered, tip obtuse; cauline 13 cm, free, ± linear, acute
Inflorescence ± sessile, dense, bracted throughout; flowers 26
Flower: sepals 46 mm; petals 59 mm, white or pinkish
Fruit 3.54.5 mm
Seed 22.5 mm, round, shiny
Ecology: Subalpine and alpine gravel, talus, crevices
Elevation: 26003300 m.
Bioregional distribution: n&c High Sierra Nevada, Warner Mountains
Distribution outside California: to w Canada, Montana, Wyoming, Colorado, New Mexico
Synonyms: var. bellidifolia (Rydb.) C.L. Hitchc.; C. b. Rydb
Horticultural information: In cultivation.