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Claytonia exigua subsp. glauca Torr. & A. Gray (Torr. & A. Gray) John M. Mill. & K.L. Chambers
pallid claytonia
Montiaceae (Purslane family)
(Previously in Portulacaceae)

Introduction to Vascular Plants

General:
Annual herb from a slender taproot; stems erect, simple, bluish-green, 1-15 cm tall.

Leaves:
Basal leaves numerous, linear, 2-12 cm long, 0.5-1.5 mm wide, blue-green; stem leaves paired, opposite, linear to linear-lanceolate, 0.5-4 cm long, free or fused on one side less than half their length, bluish-green.

Flowers:
Inflorescence of stalked to unstalked racemes 5-20 mm long with 2-7 flowers on recurved stalks, the stalks 3-10 mm long, with one bract subtending the lowest flower; petals 5, white or pale pink, 2.5-4.5 mm long; sepals 2, 1-2 mm long.

Fruits:
Capsules, 2-3 mm long; seeds 3, elliptic, dull black, 1-1.5 mm long, with small rounded swellings (at 20x magnification), the appendages brownish, fleshy or shrunken.

Source: The Illustrated Flora of British Columbia

Scientific Name	Origin Status	Provincial Status	BC List (Red Blue List)	COSEWIC
Claytonia exigua ssp. exigua	Native	S4	Yellow	Not Listed
Claytonia exigua ssp. glauca	Native	S4	Yellow	Not Listed

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