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Calandrinia breweri

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Name

Identification
Calandrinia breweri Watson, S. 1876 [family PORTULACACEAE ] (stored under name); Verified by Not on sheet,
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Entry for Calandrinia breweri S. Watson [family PORTULACACEAE]
Herbarium
Flora of North America (FNA)
Collection
Flora of North America
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
Flora of North America, Vol 4,
Names
Calandrinia breweri S. Watson [family PORTULACACEAE], Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts, 11: 124. 1876
Calandrinia menziesii (Hooker) Torrey & A. Gray var. macrocarpa A. Gray [family PORTULACACEAE], Proc. Calif. Acad. Sci., 3: 102. 1864
Treatment Author(s)
Walter A. Kelley
Information
Stems prostrate to ascending, 10–45 cm. Leaf blades ± ovate to spatulate, 2–8 cm, glabrous. Flowers: sepals 4–6 mm; petals 3–5 mm; stamens 3–6; pedicel usually curved in fruit, 6–20 cm. Capsules usually exceeding calyx by 3+ mm. Seeds 10–15, 1–2 mm wide, partially or totally finely tuberculate at 30×.
Phenology
mar-may (spring)
Altitude range
20–1100 m;
Distribution
Mexico (nw Baja California).USA Calif.
Discussion
Calandrinia breweri is very similar to C. ciliata. In C. breweri, the fruit usually exceeds the calyx by 3 mm or more; in C. ciliata the fruit scarcely exceeds the calyx or does so by less than 3 mm. The most consistent character separating these two species is seed surface morphology viewed at 30×: Calandrinia breweri seeds are tuberculate to some degree, whereas C. ciliata seeds have a reticulate, nontuberculate surface.

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