Sonoran Desert Plants - Calandrinia ciliata (Red Maids)

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Calandrinia ciliata (Red Maids)

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Calandrinia ciliata

Habitat: bajadas
Life Form: annual forb
Leaf Description: alternate simple leaves
Flower Color: red
Flowering Period: Feb. to May
Spines: spineless
Family: Portulacaceae (purslane family)

References

"Arizona Flora", Thomas A. Kearney and Robert H. Peebles, 1960, University of California Press, Berkeley, Los Angeles, London (out of print)
    page 288

"Sonoran Desert Wildflowers", Richard Spellenberg, 2003, Globe Pequot Press, Guilford, Connecticut
    page 113

"A Field Guide to the Plants of Arizona", Ann Orth Epple and Lewis E. Epple, 1995, Falcon Press, Helena, Montana and LewAnn Publishing Co., Mesa, AZ
    plate 176
    page 61

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