View source for Cistanthe quadripetala

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|accepted_name=Cistanthe quadripetala
|accepted_authority=(S. Watson) Hershkovitz
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=Phytologia
|place=68: 268. 1990
|year=1990
}}
|common_names=Four-petaled pussypaws
|basionyms={{Treatment/ID/Basionym
|name=Calyptridium quadripetalum
|authority=S. Watson
|rank=species
|publication_title=Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts
|publication_place=20: 356. 1885
}}
|synonyms=
|hierarchy=Portulacaceae;Cistanthe;Cistanthe quadripetala
|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 quadripetala]]</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, roots fibrous. <b>Stems</b> 2 or more from each rosette, spreading to erect, 1.5–13 cm. <b>Leaves</b> basal and cauline; basal in single, prostrate rosette; blade spatulate, 0.5–6 cm. <b>Inflorescences</b> racemose or paniculate scorpioid cymes, ± dense. <b>Flowers</b> pedicellate; sepals orbiculate to reniform, unequal, 4–6 mm, margins scarious; petals disarticulate in fruit, 4, pink to rose or white, 2–3 mm; stamens 1–3, anther yellow; style absent; stigmas 2; pedicel 1–3 mm. <b>Capsules</b> ovoid, 3–4 mm; valves 2. <b>Seeds</b> 5–14, black, orbicular, 0.5–0.6 mm, shiny. <b>2n</b> = 44.</span><!--

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|phenology=Flowering Apr–Jun.
|habitat=Open areas, usually on serpentine
|elevation=500-2000 m
|distribution=Calif.
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|references=
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name=Cistanthe quadripetala
|authority=(S. Watson) Hershkovitz
|rank=species
|parent rank=genus
|synonyms=
|basionyms=Calyptridium quadripetalum
|family=Portulacaceae
|phenology=Flowering Apr–Jun.
|habitat=Open areas, usually on serpentine
|elevation=500-2000 m
|distribution=Calif.
|reference=None
|publication title=Phytologia
|publication year=1990
|special status=
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|genus=Cistanthe
|species=Cistanthe quadripetala
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