Calandrinia carolinii
Red Maids
Calandrinia ciliata
(Ruiz & Pav.) DC. Species
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- Botanical name
- Calandrinia ciliata
- Also known as
- Desert Rock Purslane, Fringed Red Maids, Red Maids, Red-Maids
- Family
- Montiaceae
- Genus
- Calandrinia
- Reference
- World Flora Online
How to grow Red Maids
We have not written a growing guide for this species yet.
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Other names for this plant
These names have all been used for Calandrinia ciliata but are no longer the accepted name. You may still meet them on old labels, in books, or in nursery catalogues.
Calandrinia arizonica
Calandrinia axilliflora
Calandrinia axilliflora var. foliosa
Calandrinia axilliflora var. minor
Calandrinia bonariensis
Calandrinia caulescens
Calandrinia caulescens
Calandrinia caulescens subsp. menziesii
Calandrinia caulescens var. menziesii
Calandrinia ciliata var. menziesii
Calandrinia elegans
Calandrinia feltonii
Calandrinia menziesii
Calandrinia menziesii var. alba
Calandrinia micrantha
Calandrinia muricata
Calandrinia phacosperma
Calandrinia pulchella
Calandrinia speciosa
Calandrinia stenophylla
Calyptridium depressum
Claytonia alba var. caulescens
Claytonia axilliflora
Claytonia caulescens
Claytonia ciliata
Claytonia menziesii
Claytonia peruviana
Claytonia speciosa
Cosmia caulescens
Cosmia montana
Phacosperma peruviana
Talinum caulescens
Talinum ciliatum
Talinum menziesii
Others in Calandrinia
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