RSA - California Botanic Garden Herbarium (RSA:RSA)
RSA0080909
4a221269-8b7d-42b2-a6db-a5f762e54e22
840139
Claytonia rubra (T.J. Howell) Tidestrom
Montiaceae
Tommy Stoughton (2015-06-01)
Michael J. Moore
3163
2015-06-01
Hilda Flores Olvera, Helga Ochoterena, Ya Yang, Tommy Stoughton
United States, California, San Bernardino, Just S of CA 18 approx. 80 yards E of jct w/ Rim of the World Dr.
34.2315833 -117.2015 WGS 84
1729 meters
5671ft.
Disturbed roadside soils; surrounding area dominated by open pine forest. Conditions reasonable. Common immediately along roadside.
Annual (?) to 20 cm tall. Petals white.
flowers
herbarium sheet
Collected for collaborative Caryophyllales transcriptomics project with Stephen Smith (University of Michigan) and Sam Brockington (University of Cambridge). Young leaves, flower buds, and SAMs frozen in liquid nitrogen in the field.