Comprehensive Description
provided by North American Flora
Oreobroma nevadense (A. Gray) Howell, Erythea 1: 33. 1893
Talinum pygmacum S. Wats Hot KiuK s Bxpt. 42. in part. 1871.
Calandrinia nepadcHsis A. Gray, Proc. Am. Acad. 8: 623. 1873.
Claylonia Grayfuna Kuntze, Rev. Gen. 57. 1891.
l^wisia nciadcni B l. Robinson, in A. Gray, 3yn. Fl. N. Am. I 1 : 268. IS'(7.
Acaulescent perennial, with a short flesh] taproot about 1 cm. thick ; basal leaves numerous, linear or linear-spatulate, 5-10 cm. long, 2-4 mm. widi i ipi Beveral, 5 I" cm. high, 1-3(usually 1-j flowered, often recurved in fruit; p d 1" low the middle; bracts land
linear, connate, scarious, i 1.5 cm. Ionx; -■ i' 'i ovate, acute, 7 10 mm long, entin ormiuutel] denticulate: i bite, elliptic, 12 15 mm long; stamens 6 I-'; stigmas 3 6; capsule
ovoid, 7 mm many, obliquely suborbicular, black, shining, muriculate, especiall}
along the margins, 1.3 mm. long.
Tyi-i: i.o, m.i i . Jandj placi East Humboldt Mi rada.
DnmuBUTiON Sand] puci olorado and northern California,
- bibliographic citation
- Percy Wilson, Per Axel Rydberg. 1932. CHENOPODIALES. North American flora. vol 21(4). New York Botanical Garden, New York, NY
