PLANTS Profile for Claytonia megarhiza (alpine springbeauty)

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PLANTS Profile

Claytonia megarhiza (A. Gray) Parry ex S. Watson
alpine springbeauty

Symbol:

CLME

Group:

Dicot

Family:

Portulacaceae

Duration:

Perennial

Growth Habit:

Forb/herb

Native Status:

L48		N
CAN		N

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Photo of Claytonia megarhiza (A. Gray) Parry ex S. Watson

©Al Schneider. Southwest Colorado Wildflowers. United States, CO, NM, AZ, UT, Four Corners vicinity, within 150 miles of the corners. Usage Requirements. Any use of copyrighted images requires permission of the copyright holder.

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Claytonia megarhiza (A. Gray) Parry ex S. Watson

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Distribution:
Claytonia megarhiza (A. Gray) Parry ex S. Watson


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See U.S. county distributions (when available) by clicking on the map or the linked states below:
USA (CA, CO, ID, MT, NM, NV, OR, UT, WA, WY), CAN (AB, BC, NT, YT)

Related Taxa:
Claytonia megarhiza (A. Gray) Parry ex S. Watson

View 10 genera in Portulacaceae, 28 species in Claytonia or click below on a thumbnail map or name for species profiles.

Distribution of Claytonia megarhiza (A. Gray) Parry ex S. Watson var. bellidifolia (Rydb.) C.L. Hitchc.. .

Claytonia megarhiza var. bellidifolia
alpine springbeauty

Distribution of Claytonia megarhiza (A. Gray) Parry ex S. Watson var. megarhiza. .

Claytonia megarhiza var. megarhiza
alpine springbeauty

Distribution of Claytonia megarhiza (A. Gray) Parry ex S. Watson var. nivalis (English) C.L. Hitchc.. .

Claytonia megarhiza var. nivalis
alpine springbeauty

Native

Introduced

Classification:
Claytonia megarhiza (A. Gray) Parry ex S. Watson

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Kingdom	Plantae – Plants
Subkingdom	Tracheobionta – Vascular plants
Superdivision	Spermatophyta – Seed plants
Division	Magnoliophyta – Flowering plants
Class	Magnoliopsida – Dicotyledons
Subclass	Caryophyllidae
Order	Caryophyllales
Family	Portulacaceae – Purslane family
Genus	Claytonia L. – springbeauty
Species	Claytonia megarhiza (A. Gray) Parry ex S. Watson – alpine springbeauty

Wetland Indicator Status:

NOTE: On June 1, 2012, the 2012 National Wetland Plant List superseded the information below (see Federal Register, May 9, 2012, 77(90): 27210-27214[https://federalregister.gov/a/2012-11176]). For updated wetland information about this species, see the latest wetland list.

Claytonia megarhiza (A. Gray) Parry ex S. Watson

Nat. Ind.

Reg. 1

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Reg. 3

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Reg. 8

Reg. 9

Reg. 0

Reg. A

Reg. C

Reg. H

UPL,FACU

FACU-

FACU

UPL

Interpreting Wetland Indicator Status

More Accounts and Images:
Claytonia megarhiza (A. Gray) Parry ex S. Watson

View photographs from CalPhotos.

View species account and distribution map from Flora of North America (FNA).

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 20391.

View species account and distribution map from Jepson Interchange (University of California - Berkeley).

View species account and photographs from Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center Native Plant Information Network (NPIN).

View 2 propagation protocols from Native Plants Network.

View photographs and distribution from University of Washington Burke Museum.

Time Generated: 05/22/2013 04:49 AM CDT