Calyptridium (Spraguea) umbellata var. caudiciferum
Pussypaws

Family: Portulacaceae (Purslane family)

Photo taken at Swauk Pass, dry open rocky area

Flowers:

flowers in an umbel, generally compound, terminal, 1 to 7 cm in diameter; white to pink petals, 3 to 8 mm; sepals larger than the petals, 4 to 10 mm, round, scarious margined, white to pink

Leaves:

in basal rosettes, 1 to 7 cm long

Plant:

perennial; stems spreading to erect, scapose; less than 60 cm tall, generally 10 to 20 cm

Habitat:

open areas, sandy to rocky soils, coniferous forest to alpine

Distribution of species:

from Washington to California and the Great Basin, east to Montana and Wyoming

Distribution of genus:

8 species: Western America