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{{Treatment/ID
|accepted_name=Cistanthe ambigua
|accepted_authority=(S. Watson) Carolin ex Hershkovitz
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=Phytologia
|place=68: 269. 1990
|year=1990
}}
|basionyms={{Treatment/ID/Basionym
|name=Claytonia ambigua
|authority=S. Watson
|rank=species
|publication_title=Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts
|publication_place=17: 365. 1882
}}
|synonyms={{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Calandrinia ambigua
|authority=(S. Watson) Howell
|rank=species
}}
|hierarchy=Portulacaceae;Cistanthe;Cistanthe ambigua
|hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Portulacaceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Cistanthe]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>species</small>[[Cistanthe ambigua]]</div></div>
|volume=Volume 4
|mention_page=page 459, 461
|treatment_page=page 462
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--><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Plants </b>annual, roots fleshy. <b>Stems</b> spreading to erect, 3–18 cm. <b>Leaves</b> cauline, not forming basal rosette; blade linear to spatulate, ± terete, 1.5–6 cm, not glaucous. <b>Inflorescences</b> paniculate with umbel-like clusters, dense, usually not exceeding leaves. <b>Flowers</b> pedicellate; sepals ovate, slightly unequal, 2–5 mm, herbaceous, margins white-scarious; petals disarticulate in fruit, 3–5, white, 2–5 mm; stamens 5–10, anther yellow; style present; stigmas 3; pedicel 1–3 mm. <b>Capsules</b> ovoid, 1–4 mm; valves 3. <b>Seeds</b> 6–15, black, ovoid, 1–2 mm, smooth, shiny, reticulate at 30×, not white-hairy.</span><!--

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|phenology=Flowering Nov–Feb.
|habitat=Sandy washes and slopes, desert shrub communities
|elevation=0-500 m
|distribution=Ariz.;Calif.;Mexico.
|tables=
|references=
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name=Cistanthe ambigua
|authority=(S. Watson) Carolin ex Hershkovitz
|rank=species
|parent rank=genus
|synonyms=Calandrinia ambigua
|basionyms=Claytonia ambigua
|family=Portulacaceae
|phenology=Flowering Nov–Feb.
|habitat=Sandy washes and slopes, desert shrub communities
|elevation=0-500 m
|distribution=Ariz.;Calif.;Mexico.
|reference=None
|publication title=Phytologia
|publication year=1990
|special status=
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|genus=Cistanthe
|species=Cistanthe ambigua
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