Minuartia patula |
Sabulina rubella(synonym of Minuartia rubella) |
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beautiful sandwort, boreal stitchwort, reddish sandwort |
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Habit | Plants perennial, cespitose; taproots not woody. | |
Stems | ascending to erect, 2–8(10) cm, green, densely stipitate-glandular. |
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Leaves | needle-like, 1.5–10 × 0.3–0.8 mm; straight; flexible, mostly near stem base, 3-veined below; axillary leaves present. |
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Inflorescences | 3–7+-flowered cyme or rarely solitary; terminal; pedicels densely stipitate-glandular. |
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Flowers | sepals 2.5–3.2 mm, stipitate-glandular; veins 3; petals 0.8–1 × length of sepals. |
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Seeds | subspherical, 0.4–0.5 mm, red-brown, tuberculate, not winged. |
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2n | =24. |
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Minuartia patula |
Sabulina rubella |
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Distribution | ||
Discussion | Rocky slopes, cliffs, ridges, gravel creek bars, andesite ledges, fir forests. Flowering May–Sep. 100–3000 m. BR, BW, Casc, CR, Est, Sisk. CA, ID, NV, WA; throughout Canada and western United States; circumboreal. Native. |
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Source | Flora of Oregon, volume 2, page 562 Rich Rabeler, Ronald Hartman |
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Sibling taxa | ||
Synonyms | Arenaria propinqua, Arenaria rubella, Minuartia rubella | |
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