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9. M, parvifolia (IMoqe) Greene, Stems tufted from a slender rootstock, 
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ascending, 15-20 cm.etall, slender or filiform; leaves in «a basal rosette, 
thickish and fleshy, blades 1-1.5 cm, long, oblanceolate to spatulate or 
subrotund, usually subacute at the apex, stem leaves alternate, reduced 
upwards, oblong or spatulate, acute, commonly bearing bulblets of two 
unequal leaflets in the uoper axils; flowers few in a terminal raceme 1-2 
em. longs; pedicels comnonly 1 em, long, bracteate only below; calyx 2,5 
mi, long; corolla 6-8 mm, long, white or pink, the petals oblanceolxtes 
capsule 1-2 seeded, shorter than the calyx, the seeds 1,2 mm, long, 
obovate, glistening but minutely vitted., (Claytonia parvifolia Moae; 
Naiocrene parviflora Rydb.). 
Occasional on mossy rocks along alpine streams or on moist ledges, 
3000 to 6000 ft,., throughout our rangee 
