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|accepted_name=Claytonia megarhiza
|accepted_authority=(A. Gray) Parry ex S. Watson
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=Smithsonian Misc. Collect
|place=258: 118. 1878
|year=1878
}}
|common_names=Fell-fields claytonia
|special_status={{Treatment/ID/Special_status
|code=E
|label=Endemic
}}
|basionyms={{Treatment/ID/Basionym
|name=Claytonia arctica var. megarhiza
|authority=A. Gray
|rank=variety
|publication_title=Amer. J. Sci. Arts, ser.
|publication_place=2, 33: 406. 1862
}}
|synonyms={{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Claytonia megarhiza var. bellidifolia
|authority=(Rydberg) C. L. Hitchcock
|rank=variety
}} {{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Claytonia megarhiza var. nivalis
|authority=(English) C. L. Hitchcock
|rank=variety
}}
|hierarchy=Portulacaceae;Claytonia;Claytonia megarhiza
|hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Portulacaceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Claytonia]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>species</small>[[Claytonia megarhiza]]</div></div>
|volume=Volume 4
|mention_page=page 466
|treatment_page=page 469
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--><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Plants </b>perennial, with stout, woody caudices; periderm 5–12 mm. <b>Stems</b> 5–25 cm. <b>Leaves</b>: basal leaves sessile, dilated at base into broad, succulent sheath, blade rhombic to oblanceolate, 2–10 × 0.4–2.8 cm, apex obtuse; cauline leaves sessile, blade oblanceolate, 2–10 × 2–5 mm. <b>Inflorescences</b> multibracteate; bracts subtending pedicels, apex obtuse. <b>Flowers</b> 12–20 mm diam; sepals 6–8 mm; petals white, pink, or rose, 5–20 × 3–8 mm; ovules 6. <b>Seeds</b> 2–3 mm diam., shiny and smooth; elaiosome 1 mm or less. <b>2n</b> = 12, 16, 24, 32, 34, 36.</span><!--

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|phenology=Flowering May–Aug.
|habitat=Talus, scree, gravelly slopes
|elevation=2000-4000 m
|distribution=Alta.;B.C.;N.W.T.;Calif.;Colo.;Idaho;Mont.;Nev.;N.Mex.;Oreg.;Utah;Wash.;Wyo.
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name=Claytonia megarhiza
|authority=(A. Gray) Parry ex S. Watson
|rank=species
|parent rank=genus
|synonyms=Claytonia megarhiza var. bellidifolia;Claytonia megarhiza var. nivalis
|basionyms=Claytonia arctica var. megarhiza
|family=Portulacaceae
|phenology=Flowering May–Aug.
|habitat=Talus, scree, gravelly slopes
|elevation=2000-4000 m
|distribution=Alta.;B.C.;N.W.T.;Calif.;Colo.;Idaho;Mont.;Nev.;N.Mex.;Oreg.;Utah;Wash.;Wyo.
|reference=None
|publication title=Smithsonian Misc. Collect
|publication year=1878
|special status=Endemic
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|genus=Claytonia
|species=Claytonia megarhiza
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