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Calyptridium pygmaeum

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Identification
Calyptridium pygmaeum Parish [family PORTULACACEAE ] (stored under name); Verified by Not on sheet,
Related name
  • Calyptridium pygmaeum
  • Calyptridium parryi

Flora

Entry for Cistanthe pygmaea (Parish ex Rydberg) Hershkovitz [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
Cistanthe pygmaea (Parish ex Rydberg) Hershkovitz [family PORTULACACEAE], Phytologi a, 68: 268. 1990
Calyptridium pygmaeum Parish ex Rydberg [family PORTULACACEAE], in N. L. Britton et al., N. Amer. Fl., 21: 320. 1932
Treatment Author(s)
Walter A. Kelley
John M. Miller
John G. Packer
Information
Plants annual, taprooted or roots fibrous. Stems 2 or more from each rosette, spreading to erect, leafy, 0.5–8 cm. Leaves basal and cauline; basal in single, prostrate rosette; blade spatulate, 0.5–1.5 cm. Inflorescences paniculate or racemose, often secund, ± dense. Flowers pedicellate; sepals ovate, 2–4 mm, fleshy, becoming membranaceous; petals persistent in fruit, 4, white, 3 mm; stamens 1(–3), anther yellow; style absent; stigmas 2; pedicel 1–3 mm. Capsules ovoid, 3–5 mm; valves 2. Seeds 5–9, black, orbicular, 0.3–0.7 mm, shiny. 2n = 44.
Phenology
jun-jul (summer)
Altitude range
1900–3500 m;
Distribution
USA Calif.

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