Plants annual, with minute, tuberous bodies; periderm absent. Stems 5–30 cm. Leaves: blades green or pink, not glaucous; basal leaves petiolate, blade linear (sometimes filiform), narrowly lanceolate, spatulate, or rhombic, 1–15 × 0.5–1 cm; cauline leaves sessile, blade linear and 0.5–4 cm, or perfoliate and 10 cm or less diam. Inflorescences 1-bracteate; bract 0.5–15 mm, leaflike. Flowers 2–12 mm diam.; sepals 1.5–4 mm; petals white or pink, 2–8 mm; ovules 3. Seeds 1–2.5 mm diam., shiny and smooth or with low tubercles, not pebbly; elaiosome 1–3 mm. 2n = 12, 24, 36, 48.

Distribution

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B.C., Ariz., Calif., Idaho, Mont., Nev., Oreg., Utah, Wash.

Discussion

Subspecies 4 (4 in the flora).

Selected References

None.

Lower Taxa

Claytonia parviflora subsp. grandiflora, Claytonia parviflora subsp. parviflora, Claytonia parviflora subsp. utahensis, Claytonia parviflora subsp. viridis

Key

1	Cauline leaves distinct and linear or trullate or deeply cleft into 2 ovate segments	Claytonia parviflora subsp. viridis
1	Cauline leaves perfoliate or slightly cleft	> 2
2	Basal leaf blades spatulate, 0.3-1 cm wide; desert ranges	Claytonia parviflora subsp. utahensis
2	Basal leaf blades filiform to linear, 0.05-0.5 cm wide; Sierra Nevada, interior valleys, coast	> 3
3	Flowers 2-8 mm diam.; Sierra Nevada, interior valleys, coast	Claytonia parviflora subsp. parviflora
3	Flowers 10-12 mm diam.; Sierra Nevada foothills	Claytonia parviflora subsp. grandiflora