Calandrinia ciliata

Calandrinia ciliata

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Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Order: Caryophyllales
Family: Montiaceae
Genus: Calandrinia
Species:
C. ciliata
Binomial name
Calandrinia ciliata
Synonyms
Synonymy
  • Calandrinia arizonica Rydb. (1932)
  • Calandrinia axilliflora var. foliosa Phil. (1894)
  • Calandrinia axilliflora var. minor Barnéoud (1847)
  • Calandrinia bonariensis Hauman (1925)
  • Calandrinia caulescens Kunth (1823)
  • Calandrinia caulescens Phil. (1894), nom. illeg.
  • Calandrinia caulescens subsp. menziesii (Hook.) Piper & Beattie (1915)
  • Calandrinia caulescens var. menziesii (Hook.) A.Gray (1887)
  • Calandrinia ciliata var. menziesii (Hook.) J.F.Macbr. (1931)
  • Calandrinia elegans Spach (1836)
  • Calandrinia feltonii Skottsb. (1913)
  • Calandrinia menziesii (Hook.) Torr. & A.Gray (1838)
  • Calandrinia menziesii var. alba Orcutt (1891)
  • Calandrinia micrantha Schltdl. (1839)
  • Calandrinia muricata Rydb. (1932)
  • Calandrinia phacosperma DC. (1828), nom. superfl.
  • Calandrinia pulchella Lilja (1843)
  • Calandrinia speciosa Lindl. (1833), nom. illeg.
  • Calandrinia stenophylla Rydb. (1931)
  • Calandrinia tenella Rydb. (1931), nom. illeg.
  • Calyptridium depressum A.Nelson (1945)
  • Claytonia alba var. caulescens (Kunth) Kuntze (1898)
  • Claytonia caulescens (Kunth) Kuntze (1891)
  • Claytonia ciliata (Ruiz & Pav.) Kuntze (1891)
  • Claytonia menziesii (Hook.) Kuntze (1891)
  • Claytonia peruviana (Haw.) Kuntze (1891)
  • Claytonia triandria Sessé & Moc. (1894)
  • Cosmia caulescens (Kunth) Dombey ex Britten (1900)
  • Cosmia montana Dombey ex DC. (1828), not validly publ.
  • Phacosperma peruviana Haw. (1827)
  • Talinum caulescens (Kunth) Spreng. (1825)
  • Talinum ciliatum Ruiz & Pav. (1794)
  • Talinum cosmia F.Dietr. (1838), nom. superfl.
  • Talinum menziesii Hook. (1832)
  • Tetragonia peruviana Haw. (1827), not validly publ.

Calandrinia ciliata is a species of flowering plant known as fringed redmaids and red-maids. While formerly included in the Purslane family, it is now treated as a member of the family Montiaceae.

It is native to western North America from British Columbia to New Mexico and Guatemala, where it is widespread and common. It can also be found in western and southern South America, from Venezuela and Colombia through the Andean countries to southern Argentina and Chile. It has been introduced to the Falkland Islands.

In the Falkland Islands iT is known by the synonym Calandrinia feltonii, and by the common name Felton's flower. It is named after Arthur Felton, a resident of the Falkland Islands, who sent specimens of the plant in 1910 to Swedish botanist Carl Skottsberg. It nearly became extinct in the wild on the islands through overgrazing.