Blooms: April-May
Habit: herb
Duration: annual
Origin: Native
Conservation Status: Abundant; of no concern.
Distribution: Occurring west of the Cascades crest in Washington; British Columbia south to California, east to Arizona and New Mexico.
Habitat: Gravelly to heavy soil, usually where vernally moist, at low elevations.
Habit: herb
Duration: annual
Origin: Native
Conservation Status: Abundant; of no concern.
Distribution: Occurring west of the Cascades crest in Washington; British Columbia south to California, east to Arizona and New Mexico.
Habitat: Gravelly to heavy soil, usually where vernally moist, at low elevations.
Species Description:
General: Glabrous annual, the several stems spreading to erect, simple or branched from the base, 10-30 cm. high.
Leaves: Leaves alternate, fleshy, entire, linear to oblanceolate, 1.5-7 cm. long and 2-10 mm. wide, narrowed to slender petioles, with a few marginal hairs.
Flowers: Flowers single in the leaf axils below, becoming racemose toward the branch ends; pedicels stout, 3-10 mm. long; sepals 2, unequal, 3-8 mm. long, ovate, one usually pointed, with coarse, marginal hairs; petals 5, equaling the sepals, deep crimson or rarely white; stamens 5-12, the filaments broad, free to the base; style short, stigmas 3.
Fruits: Capsule papery, 3-valved, equal in length to the sepals.
General: Glabrous annual, the several stems spreading to erect, simple or branched from the base, 10-30 cm. high.
Leaves: Leaves alternate, fleshy, entire, linear to oblanceolate, 1.5-7 cm. long and 2-10 mm. wide, narrowed to slender petioles, with a few marginal hairs.
Flowers: Flowers single in the leaf axils below, becoming racemose toward the branch ends; pedicels stout, 3-10 mm. long; sepals 2, unequal, 3-8 mm. long, ovate, one usually pointed, with coarse, marginal hairs; petals 5, equaling the sepals, deep crimson or rarely white; stamens 5-12, the filaments broad, free to the base; style short, stigmas 3.
Fruits: Capsule papery, 3-valved, equal in length to the sepals.
Accepted Name:
Calandrinia ciliata (Ruiz & Pavón) DC.Synonyms:
Calandrinia caulescens Kunth
Calandrinia ciliata (Ruiz & Pavón) de Candolle var. menziesii (Hooker) J. F. Macbride
Calandrinia ciliata (Ruiz & Pavón) DC. var. menziesii (Hook.) J. F. Macbr.
Calandrinia micrantha Schlechtendal
Talinum ciliatum Ruiz & Pavón
Treated in Flora of the PNW as:
Calandrinia ciliata
Additional Resources:
PNW Herbaria Specimens: View list of Calandrinia ciliata specimens in the Consortium of Pacific Northwest Herbaria database.
WTU Herbarium Specimens: View list of Calandrinia ciliata specimens in the WTU Herbarium database.
Washington Flora Checklist: Calandrinia ciliata treatment.
E-Flora BC: Calandrinia ciliata atlas page.
CalPhotos: Calandrinia ciliata images.
USDA Plants Database: Calandrinia ciliata.
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H. Tim Gladwin, 1990
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