Calandrinia ciliata (Red Maids)

 3/24/19 Vernal Pool Trail, Santa Rosa Plateau Ecological Reserve, 

Murrieta, SW Riverside County, CA

3/24/19 Vernal Pool Trail, Santa Rosa Plateau Ecological Reserve, 

Murrieta, SW Riverside County, CA

 3/6/05 On our property, La Cresta, Murrieta, Riverside County, CA

2/22/03 Selby Road, Carrizo Plain National Monument, San Luis Obispo County, CA 

1/26/03 Trail to Soda Lake Boardwalk, Carrizo Plain National Monument, San Luis Obispo County, CA 

3/31/01 Vernal Pool Trail, Santa Rosa Plateau Ecological Reserve, Riverside County, CA

3/10/02 Eaton Canyon Natural Area, San Gabriel Mountains, Los Angeles County, CA

 3/11/17 Harford Springs Reserve, Gavilan Hills, Riverside County, CA

  3/11/17 Harford Springs Reserve, Gavilan Hills, Riverside County, CA


  3/11/17 Harford Springs Reserve, Gavilan Hills, Riverside County, CA


 3/11/17 Harford Springs Reserve, Gavilan Hills, Riverside County, CA

3/23/19 Harford Springs Reserve 

 3/23/19 Harford Springs Reserve

3/1/19 Walker Canyon Trail, Temescal Mountains,
Lake Elsinore, Riverside County, CA

LIFE LIST NOTES:
COMMON NAME: Red Maids

SPECIES: Calandrinia ciliata

FAMILY: Montiaceae (Miner's Lettuce Family)

LIFE LIST DATE: 3/31/2001

LOCATION: Vernal Pool Trail, Santa Rosa Plateau Ecological Reserve, Murrieta, SW Riverside County, CA

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Treatment from The Jepson Manual (1993):

Stem spreading

Leaf 1–10 cm, linear to oblanceolate, flat

Inflorescence: raceme, elongate; bracts leaf-like; pedicels 4–25 mm, generally straight in fruit

Flower: sepals 2.5–8 mm, glabrous to ciliate; petals generally 5, 4–15 mm, red; stamens 3–15

Fruit not > calyx by 3 mm or more

Seeds 10–20, 1–2.5 mm wide, elliptic, at 10X shiny black, at 30X black, glabrous, with a very fine, net-like pattern

Ecology: Common. Sandy to loamy soil, grassy areas, cultivated fields

Elevation: < 2200 m.  

Bioregional distribution: California Floristic Province, w Modoc Plateau, s East of Sierra Nevada, n Desert Mountains (Coso Range) 

Distribution outside California: to New Mexico, C.America; also in nw S.America

Flowering time: Mostly Feb–May