Classification
Class
Magnoliopsida Brongn.
Order
Caryophyllales Juss. ex Bercht. & J.Presl
Family
Montiaceae Raf.
Genus
Calandrinia Kunth
 Nomenclature
Scientific Name:
Calandrinia ciliata (Ruiz & Pav.) DC., Prodr. [A. P. de Candolle] 3, 359 (1828)
Synonymy:
  • ≡ Talinum ciliatum Ruiz & Pav., Syst. Veg. Fl. Peruv. Chil. 116 (1798)
  • = Calandrinia caulescens Kunth (1828)
  • = Talinum menziesii Hook. (1832)
  • ≡ Calandrinia menziesii (Hook.) Torr. & A.Gray, Fl. N. Amer. 1, 223 (t. 70) (1838)
  • ≡ Calandrinia caulescens var. menziesii (Hook.) A.Gray (1877)
  • ≡ Calandrinia ciliata var. menziesii (Hook.) J.F.Macbr. (1931)
 Description

Taprooted annual herb. Stems (1)-many, ascending, glabrous, often reddish, 10–40 cm tall. Rosette lvs obovate-spathulate, acute, ciliate, 30–70–(100) × 3–6 mm, tapering to subsheathing base; stem lvs similar, smaller, not becoming sessile, acute. Infl. terminal, racemose; bracts leaflike; pedicels erect, glabrous or sparsely hairy, 3–15–(25) mm long. Sepals lanceolate-ovate, acute, keeled at apex, cuneate and free at base, ciliate on margins and keel, (5)–7–10 × (3)–4–6 mm. Petals 5, purple, (8)–10–13 mm long. Stamens c. 10; anthers yellow; filaments white or purple. Stigmas 3, white. Capsule ellipsoid, c. = sepals, dehiscing by 3 valves. Seeds lenticular, black, smooth, shiny, 1.5–2 mm long.

[From: Webb et al. (1988) Flora of New Zealand. Volume 4. as Calandrinia menziesii (Hook.) Torr. & A.Gray]

 Biostatus
Exotic
 Phenology

Flowering: (Sep.)–Oct.–Dec.; Fruiting: Oct.–Dec.–(Jan.)

 Bibliography
de Candolle, A.P. 1828: Prodromus Systematis Naturalis Regni Vegetabilis. Vol. 3. Treuttel et Würtz, Paris.
Hershkovitz, M.A. 1998: Paraleelya: A new genus segregated from Clandrina (Portulacaceae). Phytologia 84(2): 98–106.
Ruiz L.H.; Pavon, J.A. 1798: Systema Vegetabilium Florae Peruvianae et Chilensis.
Torrey, J. & Gray, A. 1838: A Flora of North America. Vol. 1. G. & C. Carville & Co., New York.