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DESCRIPTION:
Redmaids, sometimes called desert rockpurselane, is a low-growing, slightly succulent,
winter annual broadleaf that is abundant in the Sacramento and northern San Joaquin valleys.
It prefers cool, damp conditions and dries up
with the onset of hot spring weather. Cotyledons (seed leaves) are long, narrow, and bright
green. First true leaves are somewhat broader, fleshy and lacking definite
stalks, distinguishing them from the
seedlings of miner's lettuce. Mature plants
are 6 to 12 inches (15 - 30 cm) tall. Rosy-red, showy flowers are five petalled
with notched tips and white centered.
Broadleaf ID illustration.
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