Calflora: Calyptridium monandrum

Calyptridium monandrum Nutt.

common pussypaws, pussy paws

Calyptridium monandrum, a dicot, is an annual herb that is native to California and is also found outside of California, but is confined to western North America.

Note: TJM2 bloom period: Jan--Jul

Communities:	Creosote Bush Scrub, Joshua Tree Woodland, Chaparral, Yellow Pine Forest, Coastal Sage Scrub, Foothill Woodland
Elevation:	between 0 and 6000 feet
Family:	MONTIACEAE (CNPS: PORTULACACEAE)
Related:	See a list of other species in the genus Calyptridium found in California.

Name Status:

Accepted by TJM2 + JM93
PLANTS: accepted name:		Cistanthe monandra

Other Names:
(according to)

TJM2:

Cistanthe monandra

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Distribution by County:

See a detailed Distribution Grid of this plant in California.

A shaded county indicates that there are ocurrence records of this plant within the county.

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	There are specimen records from this county in an herbarium.
	There are documented records, vouchered or confirmed by an expert.
	There are reported records.
	There are reported records available indirectly (eg. in botanical literature).

Records by County, with approximate record counts in the form: TOTAL / CCH. Click county name to view records.

Fresno: 3 / 2 CCH Imperial: 8 / 7 CCH Inyo: 62 / 55 CCH Kern: 69 / 53 CCH Los Angeles: 150 / 133 CCH Mono: 12 / 11 CCH Monterey: 18 / 11 CCH Mariposa: 1 / 0 CCH Nevada: 2 / 1 CCH Orange: 7 / 6 CCH Placer: 1 / 0 CCH Riverside: 155 / 147 CCH Santa Barbara: 44 / 34 CCH San Bernardino: 179 / 173 CCH San Benito: 10 / 6 CCH Santa Clara: 2 / 1 CCH Santa Cruz: 1 / 1 CCH San Diego: 172 / 160 CCH Shasta: 2 / 1 CCH Sierra: 1 / 1 CCH San Joaquin: 3 / 1 CCH San Luis Obispo: 23 / 15 CCH Tulare: 10 / 7 CCH Ventura: 55 / 48 CCH

CCH: records provided by the participants of the Consortium of California Herbaria.

Information about Calyptridium monandrum from other sources:

Photos on Picasa / Flickr / Google Images
website references on Google
USDA PLANTS Profile (CIMO4)
Nursery availability and horticultural info (what grows with this plant?) on CNPLX
2012 Jepson Manual Treament from the Jepson Herbarium,
University of California, Berkeley
Original Publication citation. on the International Plants Names Index
Search efloras.org (Flora of North America)
Search the Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center Native Plant Database