''Cistanthe'' is a plant genus which includes most plants known as pussypaws. These are small, succulent flowering plants which often bear brightly colored flowers, though they vary quite a bit between species in appearance. Some species have flowers that are tightly packed into fluffy-looking

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s, the trait that gives them their common name. The genus has a disjunct distribution, with species in California and northeastern Mexico, on the Mexican Pacific Islands, and western and southern South America from Peru to northern and central Chile to northwestern and southern Argentina. Many are adapted to arid environments, with some able to withstand climates that almost completely lack rainfall. ''Cistanthe'' was a genus created to segregate several species previously classified in '' Calandrinia''. Several species from other closely related genera have been moved into ''Cistanthe'' as well.

Species

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accepts 46 species. *'' Cistanthe aegialitis'' (F.Phil. ex Phil.) Carolin ex Hershk. *'' Cistanthe amarantoides'' (Phil.) Carolin ex Hershk. *''

Cistanthe arancioana ''Cistanthe'' is a plant genus which includes most plants known as pussypaws. These are small, succulent flowering plants which often bear brightly colored flowers, though they vary quite a bit between species in appearance. Some species have flo ...

'' Peralta *'' Cistanthe arenaria'' (Cham.) Carolin ex Hershk. *'' Cistanthe cabrerae'' (Añon) Peralta *'' Cistanthe cachinalensis'' (Phil.) Peralta & D.I.Ford *'' Cistanthe calycina'' (Phil.) Carolin ex Hershk. *''

Cistanthe celedoniana ''Cistanthe'' is a plant genus which includes most plants known as pussypaws. These are small, succulent flowering plants which often bear brightly colored flowers, though they vary quite a bit between species in appearance. Some species have flo ...

'' *'' Cistanthe celosioides'' (Phil.) Carolin ex Hershk. *'' Cistanthe cephalophora'' (I.M.Johnst.) Carolin ex Hershk. *''

Cistanthe chamissoi ''Cistanthe'' is a plant genus which includes most plants known as pussypaws. These are small, succulent flowering plants which often bear brightly colored flowers, though they vary quite a bit between species in appearance. Some species have flo ...

'' (Barnéoud) Carolin ex Hershk. *'' Cistanthe chrysantha'' (I.M.Johnst.) Peralta & D.I.Ford *'' Cistanthe coquimbensis'' (Barnéoud) Carolin ex Hershk. *'' Cistanthe crassifolia'' (Phil.) Carolin ex Hershk. *''

Cistanthe cymosa ''Cistanthe'' is a plant genus which includes most plants known as pussypaws. These are small, succulent flowering plants which often bear brightly colored flowers, though they vary quite a bit between species in appearance. Some species have flo ...

'' (Phil.) Hershk. *''

Cistanthe densiflora ''Cistanthe'' is a plant genus which includes most plants known as pussypaws. These are small, succulent flowering plants which often bear brightly colored flowers, though they vary quite a bit between species in appearance. Some species have flo ...

'' (Barnéoud) Hershk. *''

Cistanthe fenzlii ''Cistanthe'' is a plant genus which includes most plants known as pussypaws. These are small, succulent flowering plants which often bear brightly colored flowers, though they vary quite a bit between species in appearance. Some species have flo ...

'' (Barnéoud) Carolin ex Hershk. *''

Cistanthe floresiorum ''Cistanthe'' is a plant genus which includes most plants known as pussypaws. These are small, succulent flowering plants which often bear brightly colored flowers, though they vary quite a bit between species in appearance. Some species have flo ...

'' J.M.Watson *''

Cistanthe frigida ''Cistanthe'' is a plant genus which includes most plants known as pussypaws. These are small, succulent flowering plants which often bear brightly colored flowers, though they vary quite a bit between species in appearance. Some species have flo ...

'' (Barnéoud) Peralta *''

Cistanthe grandiflora ''Cistanthe'' is a plant genus which includes most plants known as pussypaws. These are small, succulent flowering plants which often bear brightly colored flowers, though they vary quite a bit between species in appearance. Some species have flo ...

'' (Lindl.) Schltdl. *''

Cistanthe guadalupensis ''Cistanthe guadalupensis'' is a species of caudiciform succulent flowering plant in the family Montiaceae.Carolin ex M.A. Hershkovitz, 1990 ''In: Phytologia, 68(4): 269'' The plant is native to Guadalupe Island Guadalupe Island () is a volca ...

'' (M.G.Dudley) Carolin ex Hershk. *''

Cistanthe humilis ''Cistanthe'' is a plant genus which includes most plants known as pussypaws. These are small, succulent flowering plants which often bear brightly colored flowers, though they vary quite a bit between species in appearance. Some species have flo ...

'' (Phil.) Peralta *''

Cistanthe josetomasallendeana ''Cistanthe'' is a plant genus which includes most plants known as pussypaws. These are small, succulent flowering plants which often bear brightly colored flowers, though they vary quite a bit between species in appearance. Some species have flo ...

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Cistanthe lamprosperma ''Cistanthe'' is a plant genus which includes most plants known as pussypaws. These are small, succulent flowering plants which often bear brightly colored flowers, though they vary quite a bit between species in appearance. Some species have flo ...

'' (I.M.Johnst.) Peralta & D.I.Ford *'' Cistanthe laxiflora'' (Phil.) Peralta & D.I.Ford *'' Cistanthe lingulata'' (Ruiz & Pav.) Hershk. *''

Cistanthe litoralis ''Cistanthe'' is a plant genus which includes most plants known as pussypaws. These are small, succulent flowering plants which often bear brightly colored flowers, though they vary quite a bit between species in appearance. Some species have flo ...

'' *'' Cistanthe longiscapa'' (Barnéoud) Carolin ex Hershk. *'' Cistanthe maritima'' (Nutt.) Carolin ex Hershk. - seaside pussypaws *'' Cistanthe minuscula'' (Añon) Peralta *'' Cistanthe mucronulata'' (Meyen) Carolin ex Hershk. *'' Cistanthe neonominata'' *'' Cistanthe oblongifolia'' (Barnéoud) Carolin ex Hershk. *'' Cistanthe paniculata'' (DC.) Carolin ex Hershk. *'' Cistanthe philhershkovitziana'' Hershk. *'' Cistanthe picta'' (Gillies ex Arn.) Carolin ex Hershk. *'' Cistanthe salsoloides'' (Barnéoud) Carolin ex Hershk. *''

Cistanthe sitiens ''Cistanthe'' is a plant genus which includes most plants known as pussypaws. These are small, succulent flowering plants which often bear brightly colored flowers, though they vary quite a bit between species in appearance. Some species have flo ...

'' *'' Cistanthe stricta'' (Phil.) Peralta *''

Cistanthe subspeciosa ''Cistanthe'' is a plant genus which includes most plants known as pussypaws. These are small, succulent flowering plants which often bear brightly colored flowers, though they vary quite a bit between species in appearance. Some species have flo ...

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Cistanthe subverticillata ''Cistanthe'' is a plant genus which includes most plants known as pussypaws. These are small, succulent flowering plants which often bear brightly colored flowers, though they vary quite a bit between species in appearance. Some species have flo ...

'' *'' Cistanthe thyrsoidea'' (Reiche) Peralta & D.I.Ford *'' Cistanthe tovarii'' A.Galán *'' Cistanthe trigona'' (Colla) Hershk. *'' Cistanthe vicina'' (Phil.) Carolin ex Hershk. *'' Cistanthe weberbaueri'' (Diels) Carolin ex Hershk.

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*'' Calyptridium parryi'' - Parry's pussypaws (as ''Cistanthe parryi'') *'' Calyptridium pulchellum'' - Mariposa pussypaws (as ''Cistanthe pulchella'') *'' Calyptridium pygmaeum'' - pygmy pussypaws (as ''Cistanthe pygmaea'') *'' Calyptridium quadripetalum'' - fourpetal pussypaws (as ''Cistanthe quadripetala'') *'' Thingia ambigua'' - desert pussypaws (as ''Cistanthe ambigua'' (S.Watson) Carolin ex Hershk.)

Species

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