Rockpink

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Rockpink sepals

Rockpink inflorescence

Rockpink

Rockpink flower

Rockpink

Rockpink leaves

Rockpink

Rockpink flower

Rockpink stamens and stigma

Rockpink flower

Rockpink

Rockpink leaves

Morphology

Stem

Erect or ascending, simple or branching, 1.2 to 4 inches tall, glabrous, succulent. The short stem is prolonged into a slender flowering stalk.

Leaves

Alternate or nearly opposite, sessile, entire, circular in cross-section, 1 to 2.8 inches long, to 1/12 inch wide; tip pointed.

Inflorescence

Cyme, bracted, terminal, much overtopping leaves; flowering stalk slender, to 10 inches long.

Flower

Showy; stalks slender; sepals 2, distinct, egg-shaped to nearly circular, 1/6 to 1/3 inch long, to 1/4 inch wide, tips pointed, persistent in fruit; petals 5, broadly egg-shaped, 2/5 to 3/5 inch long, 1/5 to 2/5 inch wide, deep rose-pink or rose-red; stamens 25-45; stigma 3-lobed, head-like.

Fruit

Capsule rounded, 1/4 to 1/3 inch long, 1/5 inch in diameter; seeds many, flattened, smooth, black.

Ecology

Habitat

On or near outcrops; dry rocky or sandy soil.

Distribution

Throughout Kansas.

Additional Notes

Synonyms

Alternative scientific names that have been used for this plant.