- Minuartia rosei
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Minuartia rosei Scientific classification Kingdom: Plantae (unranked): Angiosperms (unranked): Eudicots (unranked): Core eudicots Order: Caryophyllales Family: Caryophyllaceae Genus: Minuartia Species: M. rosei Binomial name Minuartia rosei
(Maguire & Barneby) McNeillSynonyms Arenaria rosei
Minuartia rosei is an uncommon species of flowering plant in the pink family known by the common names peanut sandwort and peanut stitchwort. It is endemic to the mountain ranges of northwestern California, where it grows in serpentine soils in oak and pine woodlands and forests. It is a rhizomatous perennial herb forming a low mat of waxy herbage with thin, erect flowering stems. The tiny green needle-like leaves are up to 1.5 centimeters long and less than 2 millimeters wide. The hairy, glandular inflorescence bears flowers with five white petals each under a centimeter long.
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Categories:- Minuartia
- Flora of California
- Caryophyllales stubs
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