Claytonia sarmentosa

C. A. Meyer

Nouv. Mém. Soc. Imp. Naturalistes Moscou 1: 137. 1829.

Common names: Creeping spring beauty
Illustrated
Synonyms: Montia sarmentosa (C. A. Meyer) B. L. Robinson
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 4. Treatment on page 474. Mentioned on page 467, 473.

Plants perennial, with minute, tuberous body, producing rhizomes and stolons; rhizomes 0.5–3 mm diam.; periderm absent. Stems 1–20 cm. Leaves: basal leaves 1–15 cm, blade elliptic to spatulate, 1–8 × 1–2 cm; cauline leaves sessile, blade lanceolate to ovate, 2 times or less longer than broad, 1–2 cm. Inflorescences ebracteate. Flowers 15–20 mm diam.; sepals 6–8 mm; petals pink to magenta with yellow blotch at base, 10–16 mm; ovules 6. Seeds (1–)6, 2–4 mm, shiny and smooth; elaiosome prominent, 2–3 mm. 2n = 10, 12, 16, 24.


Phenology: Flowering May–Aug.
Habitat: Moist tundra and meadows
Elevation: 0-2000 m

Distribution

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B.C., Yukon, Alaska, Russia.

Discussion

Claytonia sarmentosa reproduces almost entirely from stolons and rhizomes.

Selected References

None.

Lower Taxa

None.