{"id":1375595,"date":"2014-12-29T12:25:01","date_gmt":"2014-12-29T12:25:01","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2024-12-28T21:04:41","modified_gmt":"2024-12-28T15:34:41","slug":"calandrinia-spectabilis","status":"publish","type":"ht_kb","link":"https:\/\/efloraofindia.com\/efi\/calandrinia-spectabilis\/","title":{"rendered":"Calandrinia spectabilis (USA- Cultivated)"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Calandrinia<\/i> spectabilis<\/i> Otto & A.Dietr., Allg. Gartenzeitung 1: 161 1833<\/i>. (Syn: Claytonia<\/i> spectabilis<\/i> (Otto & D.Dietr.) Kuntze<\/span><\/a>);<\/div>\n
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\nCalandrinia spectabilis from California-GS08022021-2<\/a>:\u00a03 images.
\nCalandrinia spectabilis<\/em> Otto & A.Dietr.Common name: Rock Purslane
\n<\/strong>I am repeating differences of two often confused species
\n<\/span>Calandrinia spectabilis<\/em> Otto & A.Dietr.: Leaves 3-5 cm long, rhombic tp spathulate, light green,\u00a0 inflorescence ca 60 cm tall, leaves and sepals with elongate unicellular hairs, sepals distinctly angular or keeled, capsules valves reflexed after dehiscence, margins involute.
\n<\/span>Cistanthe grandiflora<\/em> (Lindl.) Schltdl. (syn: Calandrinia grandiflora Lindl.: Leaves 12-20 cm long, narrowly elliptic narrowed into broad petiole, with acute apex, ,\u00a0 grey green, elongate hairs absent on leaves and sepals, sepals not distinctly keeled, capsule valves not reflexed after dehiscence, margins not involute.
\n<\/span>Calandrinia spectabilis<\/em> photographed <\/span>from\u00a0Natural Bridges Beach<\/span> Santa Cruz, California, 23-7-2016<\/span><\/div>\n
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San Francisco, August 2024 :: Calandrinia spectabilis for validation :: ARK2024-001<\/a>: 3 high res. images.
\nPosting some pics from my recent US visit
\nThis was clicked at Moss Landing coast near SFO, USA in August 2024.
\ns this Calandrinia spectabilis?<\/p>\n

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Yes I guess.<\/p>\n
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It is difficult to confirm identification without leaves. Strangely Calandrinia grandiflora<\/em> and C. spectabilis<\/em> are considered synonyms in several websites due to similar flowers but in reality they are so distinct that they are placed in two different genera now. They can be differentiated as below:<\/div>\n
Calandrinia spectabilis<\/em> Otto & A.Dietr.: Leaves 3-5 cm long, rhombic tp spathulate, light green,\u00a0 inflorescence ca 60 cm tall, leaves and sepals with elongate unicellular hairs, sepals distinctly angular or keeled, capsules valves reflexed after dehiscence, margins involute.\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n
Cistanthe grandiflora<\/em> (Lindl.) Schltdl. (syn: Calandrinia grandiflora<\/em> Lindl.: Leaves 12-20 cm long, narrowly elliptic narrowed into broad petiole, with acute apex, ,\u00a0 grey green, elongate hairs absent on leaves and sepals, sepals not distinctly keeled, capsule valves not reflexed after dehiscence, margins not involute.<\/span><\/p>\n
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My post of Calandrinia spectabilis<\/em><\/p>\n

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https:\/\/groups.google.com\/g\/indiantreepix\/VAAAJ<\/a><\/p>\n
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And my post of Cistanthe grandiflora<\/em><\/p>\n

https:\/\/groups.google.com\/g\/indiantreepix\/HIAAAJ<\/a><\/p>\n
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These are getting downloaded as heic files and not opening on downloading.<\/p><\/div>\n

Pl. see.<\/div>\n
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Attaching the jpeg versions.<\/p>\n

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It appears close to images at
\nhttps:\/\/efloraofindia.com\/2014\/12\/29\/calandrinia-spectabilis\/<\/a><\/div>\n
Looks different from images at
\nhttps:\/\/efloraofindia.com\/2021\/02\/14\/cistanthe-grandiflora\/<\/a><\/p>\n
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References:
\n<\/span>The Plant List Ver.1.1<\/a>\u00a0 POWO<\/a> \u00a0Annies Annuals<\/a>\u00a0 Dave\u2019s Garden<\/a> <\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Calandrinia spectabilis Otto & A.Dietr., Allg. Gartenzeitung 1: 161 1833. (Syn: Claytonia spectabilis (Otto & D.Dietr.) Kuntze); . Chile as per POWO; . Calandrinia spectabilis from California-GS08022021-2:\u00a03 images. Calandrinia spectabilis Otto & A.Dietr.Common name: Rock Purslane I am repeating differences of two often confused species Calandrinia spectabilis Otto & A.Dietr.:…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"ht-kb-category":[8184],"ht-kb-tag":[],"class_list":["post-1375595","ht_kb","type-ht_kb","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","ht_kb_category-calandrinia"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/efloraofindia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ht-kb\/1375595","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/efloraofindia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ht-kb"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/efloraofindia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/ht_kb"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/efloraofindia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/efloraofindia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1375595"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/efloraofindia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ht-kb\/1375595\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/efloraofindia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1375595"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"ht_kb_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/efloraofindia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ht-kb-category?post=1375595"},{"taxonomy":"ht_kb_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/efloraofindia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ht-kb-tag?post=1375595"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}