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      - Order - Caryophyllales - Caryophyllales
        
        Family - Purslane Family - Portulacaceae
        
        Species - Springbeauty - Claytonia lanceolata

Springbeauty - Claytonia lanceolata

Global Rank: G5
State Rank: S5

Agency Status
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MNPS Threat Rank:
C-value: 4

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General Description

Perennial from a globose corm, 5–40 mm across. Stems erect, 5–20 cm Basal leaf blades mostly 1 to 2, lanceolate, to 15 cm long, absent at flowering. Stem leaves broadly lanceolate to ovate, 2–7 cm long. Inflorescence single-bracteate below with spreading pedicels 1–3 cm long. Flowers: sepals 2–6 mm long; petals white with pink lines, 5–14 mm long. Capsule as long or longer than sepals with 3 to 6 seeds (Lesica 2012. Manual of Montana Vascular Plants. BRIT Press. Fort Worth, TX).

Species Range

Present

Range Comments

In the western half of MT; BC to SK south to CA and NM (Lesica 2012. Manual of Montana Vascular Plants. BRIT Press. Fort Worth, TX).

Summary of Observations Submitted for Montana

Number of Observations: 82

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Relative Density

Recency

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Habitat

Vernally moist soil of grasslands, steppe, meadows, woodlands, thickets, open forest, avalanche slopes; montane to alpine (Lesica 2012. Manual of Montana Vascular Plants. BRIT Press. Fort Worth, TX).

References

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- Lesica, P., M. T. Lavin, and P. F. Stickney. 2012. Manual of Montana Vascular Plants. Fort Worth, TX: BRIT Press. viii + 771 p.
- Roe, L.S. 1992. Update to the status review of Claytonia lanceolata var. Flava, USDA Forest Service, Region 1, Gallatin National Forest. Unpublished report. Montana Natural Heritage Program, Helena, MT. 65 pp.
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Citation for data on this website:
Springbeauty — Claytonia lanceolata. Montana Field Guide. Montana Natural Heritage Program. Retrieved on October 17, 2017, from http://FieldGuide.mt.gov/speciesDetail.aspx?elcode=PDPOR03090