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{{Treatment/ID
|accepted_name=Cistanthe maritima
|accepted_authority=(Nuttall) Carolin ex Hershkovitz
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=Phytologia
|place=68: 269. 1990
|year=1990
}}
|basionyms={{Treatment/ID/Basionym
|name=Calandrinia maritima
|authority=Nuttall
|rank=species
|publication_title=in J. Torrey and A. Gray, Fl. N. Amer.
|publication_place=1: 197. 1838
}}
|synonyms=
|hierarchy=Portulacaceae;Cistanthe;Cistanthe maritima
|hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Portulacaceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Cistanthe]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>species</small>[[Cistanthe maritima]]</div></div>
|volume=Volume 4
|mention_page=page 459, 461
|treatment_page=page 462
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--><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Plants </b>annual, taproot fleshy. <b>Stems</b> spreading or ascending, 7–25 cm. <b>Leaves</b> cauline, not forming basal rosettes; blade ovate to obovate or spatulate, flattened, 1–6 cm, glaucous. <b>Inflorescences</b> paniculate, loose, usually exceeding leaves. <b>Flowers</b> pedicellate; sepals ovate-orbiculate, slightly unequal, 3–5 mm, herbaceous, glaucous; petals disarticulate in fruit, usually 5, red-purple, 3–6 mm; stamens usually 5, anther yellow; style present; stigmas 3; pedicel 5–15 mm. <b>Capsules</b> ovoid, usually longer than calyx at maturity, 5–8 mm; valves 3. <b>Seeds</b> 20–40, dull gray, ellipsoid, 0.5–1 mm, white-hairy at 30×, strophiolate.</span><!--

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|phenology=Flowering Mar–Apr.
|habitat=Sandy places near sea bluffs
|elevation=0-300 m
|distribution=Calif.;Mexico (Baja California).
|discussion=<p><i>Cistanthe maritima</i> is threatened in California by habitat destruction (J. P. Smith Jr. 1984).</p>
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name=Cistanthe maritima
|authority=(Nuttall) Carolin ex Hershkovitz
|rank=species
|parent rank=genus
|synonyms=
|basionyms=Calandrinia maritima
|family=Portulacaceae
|phenology=Flowering Mar–Apr.
|habitat=Sandy places near sea bluffs
|elevation=0-300 m
|distribution=Calif.;Mexico (Baja California).
|reference=None
|publication title=Phytologia
|publication year=1990
|special status=
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|genus=Cistanthe
|species=Cistanthe maritima
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