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Calyptridium roseum

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Calyptridium roseum
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Order: Caryophyllales
Family: Montiaceae
Genus: Calyptridium
Species:
C. roseum
Binomial name
Calyptridium roseum
Synonyms
  • Cistanthe rosea (S.Watson) Hershk.

Calyptridium roseum, synonym Cistanthe rosea, is a species of flowering plant in the family Montiaceae commonly known as rosy pussypaws.[1] It is native to the western United States from California to Wyoming, where it grows in forest and scrub.[2] It is an annual herb, often reddish or pink in color, producing stems just a few centimeters long.[1] The leaves are located in a rosette at the base and along the stems, and are up to 4 or 5 centimeters long. The inflorescence is a tiny cluster of white-edged thin sepals and two white petals, each no more than a millimeter long.[2]

References

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  1. ^ a b Hickman, James C., ed. (1993). The Jepson Manual: Higher Plants of California. Berkeley: University of California Press. pp. 896–898. ISBN 978-0-520-08255-7.
  2. ^ a b Dayton, William Adams (1960). Notes on Western Range Forbs: Equisetaceae Through Fumariaceae. Washington, D.C.: U.S. Department of Agriculture. p. 117.
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