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Claytonia acutifolia Pall. ex Willd.  
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FamilyMONTIACEAE
Genus speciesClaytonia acutifolia Pall. ex Willd. 
BibliographySyst. Veg., [J.J.Roemer & J.A.Schultes] ed. 15(bis). 5: 436 (1819)
Native RangeSiberia to Alaska
Primary BiomeSubalpine or Subarctic
Habitatgrassland
Descriptionbasal leaves linear to lanceolate, 5-20cm, acute, stem leaves similar, smaller, bracts in inflorescence linear to subulate, acute, flowers 10-18mm across, sepals acute
Size5-40cm
Colorwhite, bright pink
Bloomsummer
Ca
Typeperennial
Cultivationhumous, moist, but in winter drier, semi-shady site
alpine house, moist, humous soil, shading in summer
Propagationseed when ripe or as soon as possible
cuttings in summer
SynonymsClaytonia acutifolia var. graminifolia (Hultén) B.Boivin
Claytonia acutifolia ssp. graminifolia Hultén
Claytonia eschscholtzii Cham.
Claytonia eschscholtzii var. rosea Volkova
Claytonia soczaviana Jurtzev
Territory3 Asia-Temperate
     30 Siberia (BRY Buryatiya, CTA Chita, IRK Irkutsk, KRA Krasnoyarsk, YAK Yakutskiya)
     31 Russian Far East (AMU Amur, KAM Kamchatka, KHA Khabarovsk, MAG Magadan)
7 Northern America
     70 Subarctic America (ASK Alaska)
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