Calflora Taxon Report
Calandrinia ambigua  (S. Watson) Howell

(not an active name)
Desert calendrinia, Desert red maids
photo on CalPhotos
2010 Neal Kramer
photo on CalPhotos
2010 Neal Kramer
Calandrinia ambigua is an annual herb that is native to California, and also found elsewhere in western North America.
also called Cistanthe ambigua
Siskiyou Del Norte Modoc Humboldt Shasta Lassen Trinity Plumas Tehama Butte Mendocino Glenn Sierra Yuba Lake Nevada Colusa Placer Sutter El Dorado Yolo Alpine Napa Sonoma Sacramento Mono Amador Solano Calaveras Tuolumne San Joaquin Marin Contra Costa Alameda Santa Cruz Mariposa Madera San Francisco San Mateo Merced Fresno Stanislaus Santa Clara Inyo San Benito Tulare Kings Monterey San Bernardino San Luis Obispo Kern Santa Barbara Ventura Los Angeles Riverside Orange San Diego Imperial
Genus: Calandrinia
Family: Montiaceae  
(Portulacaceae)
Category: angiosperm  
PLANTS group:Dicot
Jepson eFlora section: eudicot
Communities: Creosote Bush Scrub, wetland-riparian
Name Status:
Alternate Names:
PLANTSCistanthe ambigua
JEFThingia ambigua
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Suggested Citation
“Calflora - Taxon Report.” The Calflora Database, a non-profit organization. .

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