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|accepted_name=Cistanthe monosperma
|accepted_authority=(Greene) Hershkovitz
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=Phytologia
|place=68: 267. 1990
|year=1990
}}
|common_names=One-seeded pussypaws
|basionyms={{Treatment/ID/Basionym
|name=Calyptridium monospermum
|authority=Greene
|publication_title=Erythea
|publication_place=3: 63. 1895
}}
|synonyms={{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Spraguea monosperma
|authority=(Greene) Rydberg
}} {{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Spraguea pulcherrima
|authority=A. Heller
}}
|hierarchy=Portulacaceae;Cistanthe;Cistanthe monosperma
|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 monosperma]]</div></div>
|volume=Volume 4
|mention_page=page 461, 462
|treatment_page=page 463
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--><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Plants </b>perennial, taprooted; caudex unbranched (rarely branching). <b>Stems</b> 2 or more from each rosette, spreading to ascending, to 50 cm. <b>Leaves</b> basal and cauline; basal in single, prostrate rosette, blade spatulate, 0.5–15 cm; cauline leaves smaller. <b>Inflorescences</b> umbellate, rarely paniculate cymes, usually open. <b>Flowers</b> subsessile; sepals orbiculate to reniform, unequal, 3–8 mm, scarious; petals 4, rose or pinkish white to white, 3–9 mm; stamens 3, anther pink or rose; style exserted, filiform; stigmas 2. <b>Capsules</b> globose, 2–3.5 mm; valves 2. <b>Seeds</b> 1–3, black, orbicular-reniform, 0.7–1.2 mm, shiny.</span><!--

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|phenology=Flowering Apr–Sep.
|habitat=Dry, sandy or gravelly soils
|elevation=300-3500 m
|distribution=Calif.;Nev.;Oreg.;Mexico (Baja California).
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|references=
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-->{{#Taxon:
name=Cistanthe monosperma
|author=
|authority=(Greene) Hershkovitz
|rank=species
|parent rank=genus
|synonyms=Spraguea monosperma;Spraguea pulcherrima
|basionyms=Calyptridium monospermum
|family=Portulacaceae
|phenology=Flowering Apr–Sep.
|habitat=Dry, sandy or gravelly soils
|elevation=300-3500 m
|distribution=Calif.;Nev.;Oreg.;Mexico (Baja California).
|reference=None
|publication title=Phytologia
|publication year=1990
|special status=
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|genus=Cistanthe
|species=Cistanthe monosperma
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