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Sandbergia whitedii

fissurewort, whited's halimolobos fissurewort
Habit Short-lived perennial, the stems several, simple to freely branched, 2-5 dm. tall, grayish with fine stellate pubescence.
Leaves

Basal leaves oblanceolate, slender-petiolate, up to 10 cm. long and 2 cm. wide;

cauline leaves gradually reduced upward, mostly entire, the upper sessile.
Flowers

Flowers in open, elongate racemes; pedicles slender, ascending, 8-20 mm. long;

sepals 4, the outer saccate at base;

petals 4, white or pinkish-veined, 4-7 mm. long, spatulate;

style 0.5 mm. long.
Fruits

Siliques ascending-erect, 1-2.2 cm. long, 1-1.3 mm. broad, somewhat compressed;

seeds in one series.

Sandbergia whitedii
Flowering time April-July
Habitat Dry scabland, forest openings, talus slopes and alpine meadows.
Distribution
Occurring east of the Cascades crest in Washington; British Columbia to Washington.
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Origin Native
Conservation status Review Group 1 in Washington (WANHP)
Sibling taxa
S. perplexa
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