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Cistanthe pygmaea (Parish ex Rydb.) Hershkovitz  
Family: Montiaceae
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Walter A. Kelley, John M. Miller & John G. Packer in Flora of North America (vol. 4)
Plants annual, taprooted or roots fibrous. Stems 2 or more from each rosette, spreading to erect, leafy, 0.5-8 cm. Leaves basal and cauline; basal in single, prostrate rosette; blade spatulate, 0.5-1.5 cm. Inflorescences paniculate or racemose, often secund, ± dense. Flowers pedicellate; sepals ovate, 2-4 mm, fleshy, becoming membranaceous; petals persistent in fruit, 4, white, 3 mm; stamens 1(-3), anther yellow; style absent; stigmas 2; pedicel 1-3 mm. Capsules ovoid, 3-5 mm; valves 2. Seeds 5-9, black, orbicular, 0.3-0.7 mm, shiny. 2n = 44. Flowering Jun-Jul. Dry, less often moist, sandy or gravelly soils; 1900-3500 m; Calif.
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Development supported by National Science Foundation Grants (DBI 9983132, BRC 0237418, DBI 0743827, DBI 0847966)
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