Flora of North America species comparison

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Claytonia parviflora subsp. viridis

Claytonia parviflora subsp. grandiflora
Photo is of parent taxon

Davidson's Indian-lettuce, green miner's lettuce, streambank springbeauty
Photo is of parent taxon

large flower miner's lettuce, large-flower Indian-lettuce, streambank springbeauty
Cauline leaves

distinct;

blade linear to trullate, 1–5 × 0.5–1 cm, or deeply cleft into 2 ovate segments.

Basal leaf blades

linear, 1–15 × 0.5–1 cm.

filiform to linear, 1–10 × 0.05–0.4 cm.
Cauline leaf blades

perfoliate or slightly cleft, 1–5 cm diam.
Flowers

3–5 mm diam., petals white or pink.

10–12 mm diam., petals white or pink.
2n

= 24, 36.

= 12.

Claytonia parviflora subsp. viridis

Claytonia parviflora subsp. grandiflora
Phenology Flowering Mar–May. Flowering Feb–Apr.
Habitat Decomposed granite or sandstone Foothill pine/blue oak woodlands of Sierra Nevada foothills and lower slopes
Elevation 100-2000 m (300-6600 ft) 100-1200 m (300-3900 ft)
Distribution
from FNA
AZ; CA; NV; Mexico (Baja California)
[BONAP county map]
from FNA
CA
[BONAP county map]
Source FNA vol. 4, p. 471. FNA vol. 4, p. 471.
Parent taxa Portulacaceae > Claytonia > Claytonia parviflora Portulacaceae > Claytonia > Claytonia parviflora
Sibling taxa
C. parviflora subsp. grandiflora, C. parviflora subsp. parviflora, C. parviflora subsp. utahensis
C. parviflora subsp. parviflora, C. parviflora subsp. utahensis, C. parviflora subsp. viridis
Synonyms Montia spathulata var. viridis
Name authority (Davidson) John M. Miller & K. L. Chambers: Novon 3: 271. (1993) John M. Miller & K. L. Chambers: Novon 3: 270. (1993)
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