Minuartia howellii

Minuartia howellii
Minuartia howellii
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Eudicots
(unranked): Core eudicots
Order: Caryophyllales
Family: Caryophyllaceae
Genus: Minuartia
Species: M. howellii
Binomial name
Minuartia howellii
(S.Watson) Mattf.
Synonyms

Arenaria howellii

Minuartia howellii is an uncommon species of flowering plant in the pink family known by the common names Howell's stitchwort and Howell's sandwort. It is native to the Klamath Mountains of southern Oregon and northern California, where it grows in serpentine soils in chaparral and woodland habitat. It is a slightly hairy annual herb growing to a maximum height of 30 centimeters with a slender green stem which turns purple with age. The thin, rigid, almost needlelike leaves are linear or narrowly lance-shaped, up to 1.5 centimeters long and under 2 millimeters wide. The tiny flower has five white petals each a few millimeters long and smaller, ribbed sepals.

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