RSA - California Botanic Garden Herbarium (RSA:RSA)
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Claytonia exigua subsp. exigua Torr. & Gray
Montiaceae
Steve Boyd
11951
2008-05-01
Valentin Arvizu
United States, California, Kern, Southern Sierra Nevada region: Piute Mountains, lower Esperanza Canyon at eastern base of Sorrell Peak and western edge of Kelso Valley.
35.4186111 -118.2561111 +-1000m.
1372-1463 meters
4500-4800ft.
Alluvial flats and moderate to steep slopes, granitic substrate with large boulder outcrops, loose, decomposed granite soils. Vegetation recently burned (2006 or 2007), formerly dominated by scrub of Artemisia tridentata, Chrysothamnus nauseosus, Yucca brevifolia on flats, drier slopes scrubby woodland of Pinus sabiniana, P. monophytlla, Quercus wislizenii, Q. chrysolepis, Fremontodendron californicum, etc.
Succulent annual, leaves semi-terete, erect, herbage generally grayish pink. Locally common in moist soil along swales and about seeps.