2.
Calandrinia ciliata
(Ruiz & Pavón) de Candolle in A. P. de Candolle and A. L. P. P. de Candolle, Prodr. 3: 359. 1828.
Red maids
Talinum ciliatum
Ruiz & Pavón, Syst. Veg. Fl. Peruv. Chil., 116. 1798;
Calandrinia caulescens
Kunth;
C. ciliata
var.
menziesii
(Hooker) J. F. Macbride;
C. micrantha
Schlechtendal
Stems
prostrate to ascending, spreading, 3-40 cm.
Leaf blades
linear to oblanceolate, 1-10 cm, glabrous or with elongate, 1-cellular hairs.
Flowers:
sepals 2.5-8 mm; petals 4-15 mm; stamens 3-15; pedicel ± straight in fruit, 0.4-2.5 cm.
Capsules
usually not exceeding calyx by 3+ mm.
Seeds
10-20, 1-2.5 mm wide, finely reticulate at 30×.
2
n
= 24.
Flowering spring. Sandy to loamy soils, grassy areas, cultivated fields; 10-1900 m; B.C.; Ariz., Calif., N.Mex., Oreg., Wash.; w Mexico; Central America (Guatemala); nw South America.
Calandrina
ciliata
is highly variable vegetatively, especially in size, but is uniform in flower, fruit, and seed. It is very similar to
C. breweri
(see discussion above).
