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14. Claytonia parviflora Douglas ex Hooker, Fl. Bor.-Amer. 1: 225, plate 73. 1832.
Indian-lettuce
Claytonia perfoliata Donn ex Willdenow var. parviflora (Douglas ex Hooker) Torrey; Montia perfoliata (Donn ex Willdenow) Howell var. parviflora (Douglas ex Hooker) Jepson
Plants annual, with minute, tuberous bodies; periderm absent. Stems 5-30 cm. Leaves: blades green or pink, not glaucous; basal leaves petiolate, blade linear (sometimes filiform), narrowly lanceolate, spatulate, or rhombic, 1-15 × 0.5-1 cm; cauline leaves sessile, blade linear and 0.5-4 cm, or perfoliate and 10 cm or less diam. Inflorescences 1-bracteate; bract 0.5-15 mm, leaflike. Flowers 2-12 mm diam.; sepals 1.5-4 mm; petals white or pink, 2-8 mm; ovules 3. Seeds 1-2.5 mm diam., shiny and smooth or with low tubercles, not pebbly; elaiosome 1-3 mm. 2n = 12, 24, 36, 48.
Subspecies 4 (4 in the flora): w North America.
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Cauline leaves distinct and linear or trullate or deeply cleft into 2 ovate segments.... |
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14d subsp. viridis |
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Cauline leaves perfoliate or slightly cleft |
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Basal leaf blades spatulate, 0.3-1 cm wide; desert ranges |
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14c subsp. utahensis |
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Basal leaf blades filiform to linear, 0.05-0.5 cm wide; Sierra Nevada, interior valleys, coast |
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Flowers 2-8 mm diam.; Sierra Nevada, interior valleys, coast |
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14b subsp. parviflora |
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Flowers 10-12 mm diam.; Sierra Nevada foothills |
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14a subsp. grandiflora< |
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