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Heart-leaf Springbeauty - Claytonia cordifolia
Other Names:
Montia cordifolia
Native Species
Global Rank:
G5
State Rank:
S4S5
(see State Rank Reason below)
C-value:
5
Agency Status
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State Rank Reason (see State Rank above)
Very numerous collections, many of the recent, from the Beaverheads and other sites in NW MT.
General Description
Finely rhizomatous perennial. Stems erect, 5–30 cm. Basal leaf blades cordate to truncate-ovate, 1–7 cm long. Stem leaves ovate, 1–5 cm long. Inflorescence ebracteate with spreading or recurved pedicels 5–20 mm long. Flowers: sepals 2–4 mm long; petals white, 8–12 mm long. Capsule as long as sepals with 3 to 6 seeds (
Lesica et al. 2012. Manual of Montana Vascular Plants. BRIT Press. Fort Worth, TX).
Species Range
Montana Range
Range Descriptions
Native
Range Comments
In MT occurring in the western tier of counties plus Flathead County; BC south to CA, NV, and UT (Lesica et al. 2012. Manual of Montana Vascular Plants. BRIT Press. Fort Worth, TX).
Observations in Montana Natural Heritage Program Database
Number of Observations: 128
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Relative Density
Recency
(Observations spanning multiple months or years are excluded from time charts)
Habitat
Moist spruce or red cedar forests, avalanche slopes, often along streams, seeps; montane, subalpine (
Lesica et al. 2012. Manual of Montana Vascular Plants. BRIT Press. Fort Worth, TX).
Ecology
POLLINATORS The following animal species have been reported as pollinators of this plant species or its genus where their geographic ranges overlap:
Bombus vagans,
Bombus ternarius,
Bombus pensylvanicus, and
Bombus impatiens (Colla and Dumesh 2010, Williams et al. 2014).
References
- Literature Cited AboveLegend:
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Colla, S.R. and S. Dumesh. 2010. The bumble bees of southern Ontario: notes on natural history and distribution. Journal of the Entomological Society of Ontario 141:39-68.- Lesica, P., M.T. Lavin, and P.F. Stickney. 2012. Manual of Montana Vascular Plants. Fort Worth, TX: BRIT Press. viii + 771 p.
- Williams, P., R. Thorp, L. Richardson, and S. Colla. 2014. Bumble Bees of North America. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press. 208 p.
- Additional ReferencesLegend: View Online Publication
Do you know of a citation we're missing?- Lesica, P., M.T. Lavin, and P.F. Stickney. 2022. Manual of Montana Vascular Plants, Second Edition. Fort Worth, TX: BRIT Press. viii + 779 p.
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