Claytonia palustris

Swanson & Kelley

Mad roño 34: 155, figs. 1, 2. 1987.

Common names: Marsh claytonia
Endemic
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 4. Treatment on page 470. Mentioned on page 466.

Plants perennial, rhizomatous, stoloniferous; periderm absent. Stems 10–60 cm. Leaves: basal leaves petiolate, 8–30 cm, blade oblanceolate, 6–12 × 0.1–1 cm; cauline leaves distinctly petiolate, unequal, blade linear to spatulate, 3–15 cm. Inflorescences multibracteate; bracts 3–10 mm. Flowers 8–14 mm diam.; sepals 4–6 mm; petals candy-striped, white, or pink, 6–10 mm; ovules 6. Seeds (1–) 3, 2–3 mm diam., shiny and smooth; elaiosome 1–2 mm. 2n = 12.


Phenology: Flowering May–Aug.
Habitat: Meadows, springs, seeps, moist stream banks
Elevation: 500-2000 m

Discussion

Selected References

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Lower Taxa

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... more about "Claytonia palustris"
obtuse +  and apiculate +
John M. Miller +
Swanson & Kelley +
8 cm80 mm <br />0.08 m <br /> (30 cm300 mm <br />0.3 m <br />) +
6 cm60 mm <br />0.06 m <br /> (12 cm120 mm <br />0.12 m <br />) +
occasionally dentate;crisped +
linear +  and spatulate +
3 cm30 mm <br />0.03 m <br /> (15 cm150 mm <br />0.15 m <br />) +
0.1 cm1 mm <br />0.001 m <br /> (?) +  and 1 cm10 mm <br />0.01 m <br /> (?) +
scale-like +
0.3 cm3 mm <br />0.003 m <br /> (1 cm10 mm <br />0.01 m <br />) +
membranous +
whorled +  and opposite +
connate +, or +  and distinct +
3 (?) +  and 2 (?) +
Marsh claytonia +
0.1 cm1 mm <br />0.001 m <br /> (0.2 cm2 mm <br />0.002 m <br />) +
500-2000 m +
0.8 cm8 mm <br />0.008 m <br /> (1.4 cm14 mm <br />0.014 m <br />) +
Meadows, springs, seeps, moist stream banks +
terminal +  and axillary +
not articulate +
subrosulate +, rosulate +, alternate +, subopposite +  and opposite +
cauline +  and basal +
plurilocular +
globose +
pink +, white +  and candy-striped +
connate +  and distinct +
0.6 cm6 mm <br />0.006 m <br /> (1 cm10 mm <br />0.01 m <br />) +
Flowering May–Aug. +
capillary +
dispersed +
smooth +  and tuberculate +
rounded +
persistent +
unequal +
0.4 cm4 mm <br />0.004 m <br /> (0.6 cm6 mm <br />0.006 m <br />) +
decumbent +  and erect +
10 cm100 mm <br />0.1 m <br /> (60 cm600 mm <br />0.6 m <br />) +
Belia +  and Limnia +
Claytonia palustris +
Claytonia +
species +
not deciduous +
stoloniferous +  and rhizomatous +
fleshy +  and succulent +
8 +, 7 +, 6 +  and 5 +