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|accepted_name=Cistanthe pygmaea
|accepted_authority=(Parish ex Rydberg) Hershkovitz
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=Phytologi a
|place=68: 268. 1990
|year=1990
}}
|basionyms={{Treatment/ID/Basionym
|name=Calyptridium pygmaeum
|authority=Parish ex Rydberg
|rank=species
|publication_title=in N. L. Britton et al., N. Amer. Fl.
|publication_place=21: 320. 1932
}}
|synonyms=
|hierarchy=Portulacaceae;Cistanthe;Cistanthe pygmaea
|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 pygmaea]]</div></div>
|volume=Volume 4
|mention_page=page 461
|treatment_page=page 463
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--><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Plants </b>annual, taprooted or roots fibrous. <b>Stems</b> 2 or more from each rosette, spreading to erect, leafy, 0.5–8 cm. <b>Leaves</b> basal and cauline; basal in single, prostrate rosette; blade spatulate, 0.5–1.5 cm. <b>Inflorescences</b> paniculate or racemose, often secund, ± dense. <b>Flowers</b> 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. <b>Capsules</b> ovoid, 3–5 mm; valves 2. <b>Seeds</b> 5–9, black, orbicular, 0.3–0.7 mm, shiny. <b>2n</b> = 44.</span><!--

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|phenology=Flowering Jun–Jul.
|habitat=Dry, less often moist, sandy or gravelly soils
|elevation=1900-3500 m
|distribution=Calif.
|tables=
|references=
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name=Cistanthe pygmaea
|authority=(Parish ex Rydberg) Hershkovitz
|rank=species
|parent rank=genus
|synonyms=
|basionyms=Calyptridium pygmaeum
|family=Portulacaceae
|phenology=Flowering Jun–Jul.
|habitat=Dry, less often moist, sandy or gravelly soils
|elevation=1900-3500 m
|distribution=Calif.
|reference=None
|publication title=Phytologi a
|publication year=1990
|special status=
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|genus=Cistanthe
|species=Cistanthe pygmaea
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