Calandrinia is a plant genus

Genus

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 that contains many species of purslane, including the redmaids. The genus was named for Jean Louis Calandrini, an 18th century Swiss

Switzerland

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 botanist

Botany

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. It includes around 150 species of annual herb

Herb

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s which bear colorful flowers in shades of red to purple and white. Plants of this genus are native to Australia

Australia

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, Chile

Chile

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, and western North America

North America

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.

Species include:

• Calandrinia ambigua - desert redmaid
• Calandrinia balonensis
  Calandrinia balonensis
  Calandrinia balonensis, commonly known as Parakeelya, is succulent herb native to central Australia.The leaves are fleshy, 4–10 cm long. Purplish flowers are 2–3 cm across.-Uses:...
  
  - broadleaf parakeelya
• Calandrinia breweri
  Calandrinia breweri
  Calandrinia breweri is a species of flowering plant in the purslane family known by the common name Brewer's redmaids. It is native to the coastal mountains and canyons of California and Baja California, where it grows in several types of habitat, including recently burned and otherwise disturbed...
  
  - Brewer's redmaid
• Calandrinia calyptrata
  Calandrinia calyptrata
  Calandrinia calyptrata is a annual plant in the family Portulacaceae. It is endemic to Australia.The species occurs in Western Australia, South Australia, Victoria, Tasmania and New South Wales....
  
  - pink purslane
• Calandrinia ciliata
  Calandrinia ciliata
  Calandrinia ciliata is a species of flowering plant in the purslane family known by the common name fringed redmaids. It is native to western North America from British Columbia to New Mexico, where it is widespread and common. It can also be found in parts of Central and South America...
  
  - fringed redmaid
• Calandrinia corrigioloides - strap purslane
• Calandrinia eremaea - twining purslane
• Calandrinia feltonii
  Calandrinia feltonii
  Calandrinia feltonii is a species of flowering plant in the purslane family known by the common name Felton’s Flower. It is named after Arthur Felton, a resident of the Falkland Islands, who sent specimens of the plant in 1910 to Swedish botanist Carl Skottsberg.It is endemic to the Falklands...
  
  - Felton's Flower
• Calandrinia galapagosa
  Calandrinia galapagosa
  Calandrinia galapagosa is a species of plant in the Portulacaceae family. It is endemic to Ecuador.-Source:* Mauchamp, A. et al. 2000. . Downloaded on 20 August 2007....
  
  
• Calandrinia grandiflora - rock purslane
• Calandrinia maritima - seaside calandrinia
• Calandrinia polyandra
• Calandrinia umbellata - rock purslane