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Calandrinia (ciliata)

Betty Young
Nurseries Sr Manager
Bldg 201, Fort Mason
San Francisco, California 94123
415-331-6917
415-331-7521 (fax)
byoung@ggnpa.org

Family Scientific Name: Portulacaceae
Family Common Name: Bitterroot Family
Scientific Name: Calandrinia ciliata (Ruiz & Pav¢n) DC.
Common Synonym: Calandrinia ciliata (Ruiz & Pav¢n) DC. menziesii
Common Name: Fringed redmaids
Species Code: CALCIL
Ecotype: Marin County, California
General Distribution: C. ciliata is found in open grassy places and cultivated fields, open forest and near desert edge; from British Columbia south to Lower California, Arizona, and Sonoran Mexico.
Propagation Goal: plants
Propagation Method: seed
ProductType: Container (plug)
Stock Type: Deepot 16
Time To Grow: 0
Target Specifications: Height: N/A<br> Caliper: N/A<br> Root System: Firm plug in container.
Propagule Collection: Seeds are collected between April 27th and June 9th.
As fruits develop, stems turn pink: elongated fruits mature from base of stalk outwards.
Collect mature fruits when they are brown and begin to open.
Seed is light gray at maturity.
Propagule Processing: Seed Cleaning:Rub dry fruits on #12 screen to separate fruits from some of the chaff; check open fruits to see if seeds have fallen out. Chaff is equal weight to seeds- Do not winnow.
Storage Conditions: Seeds are kept dry and stored in a refrigerator.
Pre-Planting Treatments: N/A
Growing Area Preparation/
Annual Practices for Perennial Crops:
Fully Controlled Greenhouse.
Sowing Method: Direct Seeding.
1 seed is sown per container.

Containers are watered in with an automatic irrigation system.
Media used is standard potting mix of peat moss, fir bark, perlite, and sand.
Container Size: 2"x7" tubes (Deepot 16).

% Germination: N/A
References: A California Flora and Supplement, Munz, P., University of California Press, Berkeley and London, 1973.

Citation:

Young, Betty. 2001. Propagation protocol for production of Container (plug) Calandrinia ciliata (Ruiz & Pav¢n) DC. plants Deepot 16; San Francisco, California. In: Native Plant Network. URL: https://NativePlantNetwork.org (accessed 2024/07/01). US Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, National Center for Reforestation, Nurseries, and Genetic Resources.