Clementsia rhodantha (redpod stonecrop)

Japanese name: クレメンシア ロダンタ
Scientific name: Clementsia rhodantha

[Overview]
A perennial 20–45 cm tall, found in alpine wetlands and marshy ground along streams in the Rocky Mountains.
It has a rhizome.
The leaves are simple and alternate, oblong to lanceolate, 0.6–1 cm long and 0.4–0.6 cm wide, and fleshy.
Cymes at the stem tips bear many pale reddish-purple flowers with 5 petals.
The petals do not open flat but stand upright.
The stamens are clearly shorter than the petals, and the anthers before opening are deep reddish purple.
The fruit is a capsule.

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