Calyptridium roseum
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Order: | Caryophyllales |
| Family: | Montiaceae |
| Genus: | Calyptridium |
| Species: | C. roseum
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| Calyptridium roseum | |
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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
- ^ 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.
- ^ 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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