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{{Treatment/ID
|accepted_name=Cistanthe monandra
|accepted_authority=(Nuttall) Hershkovitz
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=Phytologia
|place=68: 267. 1990
|year=1990
}}
|special_status={{Treatment/ID/Special_status
|code=F
|label=Illustrated
}}
|basionyms={{Treatment/ID/Basionym
|name=Calyptridium monandrum
|authority=Nuttall
|rank=species
|publication_title=in J. Torrey and A. Gray, Fl. N. Amer.
|publication_place=1: 198. 1838
}}
|synonyms=
|hierarchy=Portulacaceae;Cistanthe;Cistanthe monandra
|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 monandra]]</div></div>
|volume=Volume 4
|mention_page=page 461
|treatment_page=page 462
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--><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Plants </b>annual, taprooted. <b>Stems</b> 2 or more from each rosette, spreading to decumbent, 1.5–18 cm. <b>Leaves</b> basal and cauline; basal withering in fruit, in single, prostrate rosette, blade spatulate, 1–5 cm; cauline leaf blades spatulate, 1–2(–4) cm. <b>Inflor</b>-escences racemose or paniculate cymes, scorpioid when immature, loose. <b>Flowers</b> subsessile; sepals ovate, unequal, 1–2 mm, herbaceous, margins scarious; petals (2–)3, pink to reddish, 1–3 mm; stamens 1(–3), anther yellow; style absent; stigmas 2. <b>Capsules</b> ovoid to cylindric, somewhat falcate, 4–8 mm; valves 2. <b>Seeds</b> 4–10, black, orbicular, 0.3–0.7 mm, shiny. <b>2n</b> = 44.</span><!--

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|phenology=Flowering Mar–Jun.
|habitat=Open sandy areas, burns
|elevation=0-2100 m
|distribution=Ariz.;Calif.;Nev.;Mexico (Baja California).
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|references=
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name=Cistanthe monandra
|authority=(Nuttall) Hershkovitz
|rank=species
|parent rank=genus
|synonyms=
|basionyms=Calyptridium monandrum
|family=Portulacaceae
|phenology=Flowering Mar–Jun.
|habitat=Open sandy areas, burns
|elevation=0-2100 m
|distribution=Ariz.;Calif.;Nev.;Mexico (Baja California).
|reference=None
|publication title=Phytologia
|publication year=1990
|special status=Illustrated
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|genus=Cistanthe
|species=Cistanthe monandra
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