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Calyptridium parryi
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Calyptridium parryi, synonym Cistanthe parryi, is a species of flowering plant in the family Montiaceae. It is known by the common name Parry's pussypaws. It is native to the southwestern United States and Baja California. It is a small annual herb producing spreading stems up to about 11 centimeters long. There is a basal rosette of small, thick, spoon-shaped leaves no more than about 3 centimeters long, with many along the stems as well. The inflorescence is a cluster a few centimeters wide, with each bearing three white petals surrounded by a few thin sepals. The fruit is a capsule less than a centimeter wide.
- Family
- Montiaceae
Ecology
How it lives
- Propagated by
- Seed
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- Name
- Calyptridium parryi
- Slug
- calyptridium-parryi
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Family
- Montiaceae
- Genus
- Calyptridium
- Species
- parryi
- Propagule type
- seed
- Container suitable
- No
- Indoor suitable
- No
- OSSI pledged
- No
- Hazard level
- 1
- Data completeness
- 28
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