Claytonia gypsophiloides
Index Seminum (St. Petersburg) 2: 33. 1835.
Common names: Coast Range claytonia
Endemic
Synonyms: Claytonia nubigena Greene Montia gypsophiloides (Fischer & C. A. Meyer) Howell Montia perfoliata var. nubigena (Greene) Jepson
Plants annual, with minute, tuberous bodies; periderm absent. Stems 5–15 cm. Leaves: blades gray, beige, or pink, glaucous; basal blades linear (almost filiform), 3–12 × 0.05–0.1 cm; cauline leaves sessile, blades distinct and spatulate or partially connate into horn shape, 0.2–1.5 cm, or perfoliate, 0.2–1.5 cm wide. Inflorescences 1-bracteate; bract leaflike, 0.5–15 mm. Flowers 6–12 mm diam.; sepals 2–3 mm; petals pink or white, 6–10 mm; ovules 3. Seeds 1–2 mm diam., tuberculate; elaiosome 0.5–1 mm. 2n = 16.
Phenology: Flowering Feb–May.
Habitat: Moist areas on serpentine in open glades or slopes of chaparral and foothill pine woodlands
Elevation: 100-1200 m
Discussion
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