Arenaria macradenia

Arenaria macradenia

Taxobox
name = "Arenaria macradenia"


regnum = Plantae
divisio = Magnoliophyta
classis = Magnoliopsida
ordo = Caryophyllales
familia = Caryophyllaceae
genus = "Arenaria"
species = "A. macradenia"
binomial = "Arenaria macradenia"
binomial_authority = S.Wats.

"Arenaria macradenia" is a species of flowering plant in the pink family known by the common names Mojave sandwort and desert sandwort. It is native to the southwestern United States, where it grows on desert slopes and in dry woodland and sagebrush. This is a perennial herb producing a tuft of erect stems 20 to 40 centimeters tall. The leaves are needlelike, a few centimeters long and sharp or blunt at the tip. The inflorescence is an open cyme of white flowers each with five petals. The fruit is a toothed capsule containing several small reddish to black seeds. There are four varieties of this species. Three are not rare but one variety, var. "kuschei", is limited to about 130 individuals in the mountains of eastern Los Angeles County, California. [ [http://www.centerforplantconservation.org/ASP/CPC_ViewProfile.asp?CPCNum=267 Center for Plant Conservation: "A. m." var. "kuschei"] ]

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External links

* [http://ucjeps.berkeley.edu/cgi-bin/get_JM_treatment.pl?2907,2912,2923 Jepson Manual Treatment]
* [http://plants.usda.gov/java/profile?symbol=ARMA3 USDA Plants Profile]


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  • Arenaria macradenia — ID 5748 Symbol Key ARMA3 Common Name Mojave sandwort Family Caryophyllaceae Category Dicot Division Magnoliophyta US Nativity Native to U.S. US/NA Plant Yes State Distribution AZ, CA, NV, UT Growth Habit Subshrub, Forb/herb …   USDA Plant Characteristics

  • Arenaria macradenia ssp. macradenia var. macradenia — ID 5753 Symbol Key ARMAM4 Common Name Mojave sandwort Family Caryophyllaceae Category Dicot Division Magnoliophyta US Nativity Native to U.S. US/NA Plant Yes State Distribution AZ, CA, NV, UT Growth Habit Subshrub, Forb/herb …   USDA Plant Characteristics

  • Arenaria macradenia ssp. macradenia — ID 5750 Symbol Key ARMAM Common Name Mojave sandwort Family Caryophyllaceae Category Dicot Division Magnoliophyta US Nativity Native to U.S. US/NA Plant Yes State Distribution AZ, CA, NV, UT Growth Habit Subshrub, Forb/herb …   USDA Plant Characteristics

  • Arenaria macradenia ssp. macradenia var. arcuifolia — ID 5751 Symbol Key ARMAA2 Common Name Mojave sandwort Family Caryophyllaceae Category Dicot Division Magnoliophyta US Nativity Native to U.S. US/NA Plant Yes State Distribution CA Growth Habit Subshrub, Forb/herb D …   USDA Plant Characteristics

  • Arenaria macradenia ssp. macradenia var. kuschei — ID 5752 Symbol Key ARMAK2 Common Name Forest Camp sandwort Family Caryophyllaceae Category Dicot Division Magnoliophyta US Nativity Native to U.S. US/NA Plant Yes State Distribution CA Growth Habit Subshrub, Forb/herb …   USDA Plant Characteristics

  • Arenaria macradenia ssp. ferrisiae — ID 5749 Symbol Key ARMAF Common Name Ferris sandwort Family Caryophyllaceae Category Dicot Division Magnoliophyta US Nativity Native to U.S. US/NA Plant Yes State Distribution AZ, CA, NV, UT Growth Habit Subshrub, Forb/herb …   USDA Plant Characteristics

  • Arenaria macradenia S. Watson ssp. macradenia var. macradenia — Symbol ARMAM4 Common Name Mojave sandwort Botanical Family Caryophyllaceae …   Scientific plant list

  • Arenaria macradenia S. Watson ssp. macradenia — Symbol ARMAM Common Name Mojave sandwort Botanical Family Caryophyllaceae …   Scientific plant list

  • Arenaria macradenia S. Watson ssp. macradenia var. arcuifolia Maguire — Symbol ARMAA2 Common Name Mojave sandwort Botanical Family Caryophyllaceae …   Scientific plant list

  • Arenaria macradenia S. Watson ssp. macradenia var. kuschei (Eastw.) Maguire — Symbol ARMAK2 Common Name Forest Camp sandwort Botanical Family Caryophyllaceae …   Scientific plant list

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