About Claytonia exigua Douglas ex Torr. & A.Gray
Claytonia exigua Douglas ex Torr. & A.Gray is a fleshy annual herb that grows a patch of upright or leaning stems reaching up to around 15 centimeters tall. Its thick leaves are linear and fingerlike near the plant’s base, while leaves growing higher up the stem range from crescent to disc-shaped. The entire plant is hairless and waxy, and can be green, pinkish, grayish, or brownish in color. Its inflorescence bears several flowers on drooping pedicels, which become erect as the plant develops fruit. Each flower has five lobed petals, each a few millimeters long, that come in shades of pink, white, or pink-streaked white. The fruit is a capsule less than three millimeters long, which holds a few tiny seeds.
