Minuartia nuttallii

Minuartia nuttallii
Minuartia nuttallii
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Eudicots
(unranked): Core eudicots
Order: Caryophyllales
Family: Caryophyllaceae
Genus: Minuartia
Species: M. nuttallii
Binomial name
Minuartia nuttallii
(Pax) Briq.
Synonyms

Arenaria nuttallii

Minuartia nuttallii is a species of flowering plant in the pink family known by the common names Nuttall's sandwort and brittle sandwort. It is native to western North America from southwestern Canada to California and Nevada, where it grows in several types of habitat, including rocky and barren ridges, chaparral and woodlands, often on serpentine soils. It is a rhizomatous perennial herb forming low mats of glandular, hairy herbage. The thin, rigid, sometimes needlelike leaves may be just over a centimeter long but are barely a millimeter wide. The small flowers have five white petals usually under a centimeter long and ribbed, pointed sepals.

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  • Minuartia nuttallii — ID 54237 Symbol Key MINU4 Common Name Nuttall s sandwort Family Caryophyllaceae Category Dicot Division Magnoliophyta US Nativity Native to U.S. US/NA Plant Yes State Distribution CA, CO, ID, MT, NV, OR, UT, WA, WY Growth Habit Forb/herb …   USDA Plant Characteristics

  • Minuartia nuttallii ssp. nuttallii — ID 54248 Symbol Key MINUN2 Common Name Nuttall s sandwort Family Caryophyllaceae Category Dicot Division Magnoliophyta US Nativity Native to U.S. US/NA Plant Yes State Distribution CO, ID, MT, OR, UT, WA, WY Growth Habit Forb/herb …   USDA Plant Characteristics

  • Minuartia nuttallii ssp. fragilis — ID 54238 Symbol Key MINUF Common Name brittle sandwort Family Caryophyllaceae Category Dicot Division Magnoliophyta US Nativity Native to U.S. US/NA Plant Yes State Distribution CA, NV, OR, WA Growth Habit Forb/herb …   USDA Plant Characteristics

  • Minuartia nuttallii ssp. gracilis — ID 54241 Symbol Key MINUG Common Name brittle sandwort Family Caryophyllaceae Category Dicot Division Magnoliophyta US Nativity Native to U.S. US/NA Plant Yes State Distribution CA, NV, OR Growth Habit Forb/herb Du …   USDA Plant Characteristics

  • Minuartia nuttallii ssp. gregaria — ID 54244 Symbol Key MINUG2 Common Name brittle sandwort Family Caryophyllaceae Category Dicot Division Magnoliophyta US Nativity Native to U.S. US/NA Plant Yes State Distribution CA, OR Growth Habit Forb/herb Durat …   USDA Plant Characteristics

  • Minuartia nuttallii (Pax) Briq. ssp. nuttallii — Symbol MINUN2 Common Name Nuttall s sandwort Botanical Family Caryophyllaceae …   Scientific plant list

  • Minuartia nuttallii (Pax) Briq. ssp. nuttallii — Symbol MINUN2 Common Name Nuttall s sandwort Botanical Family Caryophyllaceae …   Scientific plant list

  • Minuartia nuttallii (Pax) Briq. — Symbol MINU4 Common Name Nuttall s sandwort Botanical Family Caryophyllaceae …   Scientific plant list

  • Minuartia nuttallii (Pax) Briq. ssp. fragilis (Maguire & A.H. Holmgren) McNeill — Symbol MINUF Common Name brittle sandwort Botanical Family Caryophyllaceae …   Scientific plant list

  • Minuartia nuttallii (Pax) Briq. ssp. fragilis (Maguire & A.H. Holmgren) McNeill — Symbol MINUF Common Name brittle sandwort Botanical Family Caryophyllaceae …   Scientific plant list

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