Thomas Stoughton

Thomas Stoughton

May 21, 2014

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Spring Beauty Pageant — let’s try this again…

which is the cutest?ClaytoniaC. saxosaC. saxosapoll on my website at the bottom of this postYou can vote for more than one (up to 5), but you can only vote once!

Claytonia saxosa standing proud on Anthony Peak in northern California

Claytonia lanceolata var. peirsonii from the north slope of Bertha Ridge in the San Bernardino MountainsClaytonia lanceolata

Claytonia lanceolata var. peirsonii at the head of Furnace Canyon in the San Bernardino MountainsClaytoniaClaytonia

ClaytoniaC. lanceolata var. peirsonii from the Panamint MountainsC. “peirsonii”C. lanceolata . peirsonii

peirsoniiClaytonia lanceolata var. peirsonii from the San Gabriel MountainsC. “peirsonii”

Claytonia “peirsonii”C. lanceolata var. peirsonii from the southern Sierra NevadaClaytoniaClaytoniaC. “peirsonii”

Claytonia umbellataC. umbellata from the Pine Nut Mountains at Minnehaha Canyon, Nevada

Claytonia umbellata at Peavine PeakClaytonia

Claytonia umbellata species complex from the Pine Nut Mountains at Bismark PeakC. umbellata C. “peirsonii”

Claytonia sessilifolia in the central Sierra NevadaC. lanceolata

Claytonia obovata from the northern California and Oregon Mountains ClaytoniaC. lanceolataClaytonia

in northern California there is also Claytonia “serpenticola” C. lanceolata C. obovata

eastern United States and Canadian Claytonia virginica complexClaytonia virginica

the eastern United States and Canada, Claytonia caroliniana complexC. virginicaC. virginica

Claytonia lanceolata from northern California on my websiteYou can vote for more than one (up to 5), but you can only vote once!

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  • George Su
    George SuBacker
    these pictures are great. the flowers are so tiny!
    May 21, 2014
  • Thomas Stoughton
    Thomas StoughtonResearcher
    I know -- most are the size of a penny, or smaller! Makes looking for them a serious challenge...
    May 21, 2014

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Alpine plant communities exhibit a high number of species, possibly due to plants' ability to make extra copies of their genomes (a phenomenon called polyploidy). We are using alpine plants to investigate the role of polyploidy in influencing increases in species numbers. We aim to explore facets of adaptation of alpine plants to climate change through collections, DNA analyses, and greenhouse studies.
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