- Minuartia howellii
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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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Categories:- Minuartia
- Flora of California
- Flora of Oregon
- Caryophyllales stubs
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