Claytonia cordifolia
Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts 17: 365. 1882.
Common names: Cordate-leaved spring beauty
Endemic
Synonyms: Claytonia sibirica var. cordifolia (S. Watson) R. J. Davis Montia cordifolia (S. Watson) Pax & K. Hoffmann
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 4. Mentioned on page 468.
Plants perennial, rhizomatous; rhizomes 4–8 mm diam.; periderm absent. Stems 5–30 cm. Leaves: basal leaves petiolate, blade ovate to deltate or cordate, 2–7 × 1–5 cm; cauline leaves sessile, blade ovate, 1–4 cm. Inflorescences ebracteate. Flowers 10–15 mm diam.; sepals 4–8 mm; petals white, 8–12 mm; ovules 6. Seeds (1–) 6, 1–2 mm diam., shiny and smooth; elaiosome 1 mm or less. 2n = 10, 20.
Phenology: Flowering May–Sep.
Habitat: Meadows, seeps
Elevation: 500-2000 m
Distribution
B.C., Calif., Idaho, Mont., Nev., Oreg., Utah, Wash.
Discussion
Selected References
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Lower Taxa
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petiolate +
few;several +
occasionally dentate;crisped +
leaflike +
scale-like +
membranous +
3-valved +
dehiscent +
woody +
sessile +
Cordate-leaved spring beauty +
white +
solitary +
irregular +
symmetric +
showy +
multiple +
capsular +
2-9-carpelled +
single +
ebracteate +
racemose +
spikelike +
not articulate +
clasping +
hygroscopic +
involute +
glabrous +
plurilocular +
superior +
globose +
1-many +
absent +
white +
absent +
Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts +
1882 +
branched +
capillary +
fibrous +
black +
dispersed +
1mm;2mm +
shiny +
rounded +
leaflike +
persistent +
2;9 +
unequal +
Endemic +
opposite +
adnate +
aerial +
subterranean +
branched +
absent +
Claytonia cordifolia +
Claytonia +
species +
not deciduous +
rhizomatous +
perennial +