Calandrinia breweri

Calandrinia breweri is a species of flowering plant in the family Montiaceae known by the common name Brewer's redmaids.[2]

Calandrinia breweri

Apparently Secure  (NatureServe)[1]
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Order: Caryophyllales
Family: Montiaceae
Genus: Calandrinia
Species:
C. breweri
Binomial name
Calandrinia breweri

It is native to the coastal mountains and canyons of California and Baja California, where it grows in several types of habitat, including recently burned and otherwise disturbed areas.[3]

Description

Calandrinia breweri is an annual herb producing thick, hairless stems up to 45 centimeters long which may grow upright or sprawl along the ground. The thick leaves are oval to spoon-shaped and up to 8 centimeters long. Flowers bloom March to May.[4]

The inflorescence is a raceme of bright red to pink flowers, each on a long pedicel. Each flower has generally five petals which are under half a centimeter long.

The fruit is a capsule containing 10 to 15 seeds which are finely bumpy under magnification.

References
  1. "NatureServe Explorer - Calandrinia breweri". NatureServe Explorer Calandrinia breweri. NatureServe. 2022-05-30. Retrieved 30 May 2022.
  2. USDA, NRCS (n.d.). "Calandrinia breweri". The PLANTS Database (plants.usda.gov). Greensboro, North Carolina: National Plant Data Team. Retrieved 10 January 2016.
  3. "Calandrinia breweri in Flora of North America @ efloras.org". www.efloras.org.
  4. "Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center - The University of Texas at Austin". www.wildflower.org. Retrieved 2022-03-07.


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