Scamman's Springbeauty

Plants perennial, rhizomatous; rhizomes 0.5-3 mm diam. Stems 4-10 cm. Leaves: basal leaves petiolate, sheathing at base, blade linear or oblong to narrowly spatulate, 1-10 × 0.1-1 cm, tapering to elongate petiole; cauline leaves sessile, blade narrowly lanceolate to ovate, 0.2-1.5 × 0.1-0.5 cm. Inflorescences ebracteate. Flowers 10-20 mm diam.; sepals 4-7 mm, petals pink to rich purple, 10-18 mm; ovules 6. Seeds (1-)6, 2-3 mm, smooth, elaiosome 0.5 mm. 2n = 16, ca. 40.

Yukon; Alaska; Eurasia (Russia).

Flowering Jun-Jul.

Talus and scree slopes on serpentine; 50-2000m.

Montia scammaniana (Hultén) S. L. Welsh

Claytonia scammaniana is a species of flowering plant in the genus Claytonia, found in the mountains of Alaska and Yukon. The species has been subject of differing taxonomic opinions and confusion with Claytonia arctica and C. sarmentosa. A taxonomic revision including a review of previous studies of Claytonia scammaniana was published in 2006.