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May 8, 2016 2:12 PM CST
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A description of the plant you mention on Flora of North America:

http://www.efloras.org/florata...

More info:

http://www.calflora.org/cgi-bi...

The leaves on your plant are patterned. It doesn't resemble the plant here:

http://science.halleyhosting.c...

But there are plants with patterned leaves:

http://en.hortipedia.com/wiki/...

In the San Bernardino Mountains, you can find members of the C. perfoliata species complex in sympatry. The evidence for hybridization in this area mirrors what I observed at Tejon Ranch.


https://claytonia.org/category...

Claytonia perfoliata subsp. intermontana is an accepted name:

http://www.theplantlist.org/tp...

Newly described in 1993 (Miller and Chambers 1993).

http://explorer.natureserve.or...

http://www.ipni.org/ipni/idPla...

A Dichotomous key to Claytonia:

http://ucjeps.berkeley.edu/cgi...

http://ucjeps.berkeley.edu/cgi...

Given the difficulties of Claytonia I couldn't tell you anything for certain, using the keys and checking the subspecies link on the above is all I can suggest.

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