Claytonia acutifolia

Pallas ex Willdenow

in J. J. Roemer et al., Syst. Veg. 5: 436. 1819.

Common names: Siberian narrow-leaved claytonia
Synonyms: Claytonia acutifolia subsp. graminifolia Hultén Claytonia acutifolia var. graminifolia (Hultén) B. Boivin Claytonia eschscholtzii
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 4. Treatment on page 467. Mentioned on page 466.

Plants perennial, with stout, woody caudices; periderm beige to reddish when dried, 1–20 mm. Stems 5–40 cm. Leaves: basal leaves flaring at base into broad, membranous sheath, or sheath absent, blade linear to linear-lanceolate or lanceolate, 5–18 × 0.3–1.4 cm, apex acute; cauline leaves sessile or petiolate, blade linear to lanceolate, 1–4 × 0.5–1 cm, apex acute. Inflorescences multibracteate; bracts linear to subulate, 5–10 mm, apex acute. Flowers 10–18 mm diam.; sepals 6–12 mm, apex acute; petals white or pink to bright rose with yellow blotches at base, or white, 10–14 × 4–10 mm; ovules 6. Seeds 2–6, 2–3 mm diam., shiny and smooth to tuberculate; elaiosome 1–2 mm. 2n = 32.


Phenology: Flowering Jun–Aug.
Habitat: Marshy ground in moss and lichen tundra and alder and birch thickets, scree and talus of mountain slopes
Elevation: 0-2000 m

Discussion

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John M. Miller +
Pallas ex Willdenow +
Siberian narrow-leaved claytonia +
Alaska +  and Eurasia (Russia). +
0-2000 m +
Marshy ground in moss and lichen tundra and alder and birch thickets, scree and talus of mountain slopes +
Flowering Jun–Aug. +
in J. J. Roemer et al., Syst. Veg. +
Claytonia acutifolia subsp. graminifolia +, Claytonia acutifolia var. graminifolia +  and Claytonia eschscholtzii +
Claytonia acutifolia +
Claytonia +
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