Minuartia cismontana

Minuartia cismontana
Conservation status
Vulnerable (NatureServe)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
(unranked):	Angiosperms
(unranked):	Eudicots
(unranked):	Core eudicots
Order:	Caryophyllales
Family:	Caryophyllaceae
Genus:	Minuartia
Species:	M. cismontana
Binomial name
Minuartia cismontana R.J. Meinke & P.F. Zika

Minuartia cismontana is a species of flowering plant in the pink family known by the common name cismontane minuartia. It is native to Oregon and northern and central California, where it occurs in woodland and chaparral habitat, often on serpentine soils. It is similar to Minuartia californica and M. pusilla, but it was found to be a different species and was described as new in 1992.^[1] It is an ephemeral annual herb producing a stiff, erect, green or reddish purple stem up to about 25 centimeters tall from a thin taproot. The small, sparse leaves are up to a centimeter long and not more than 1 or 2 millimeters wide. They are green or reddish purple in color, shiny and hairless. The inflorescence contains up to 20 flowers with white petals, each on a thin branch.

References

1. ^ Meinke, R. J. and P. F. Zika. (1992). A new annual species of Minuartia (Caryophyllaceae) from Oregon and California. Madroño 39:4 288-300.

External links

• Jepson Manual Treatment
• USDA Plants Profile
• Flora of North America
• The Nature Conservancy