- Minuartia obtusiloba
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Minuartia obtusiloba 
Scientific classification Kingdom: Plantae (unranked): Angiosperms (unranked): Eudicots (unranked): Core eudicots Order: Caryophyllales Family: Caryophyllaceae Genus: Minuartia Species: M. obtusiloba Binomial name Minuartia obtusiloba
(Rydb.) HouseSynonyms Arenaria obtusiloba
Lidia obtusilobaMinuartia obtusiloba (formerly Arenaria obtusiloba) is a perennial alpine herb known by the common names alpine sandwort and twinflower stitchwort. It is native to the mountains of western North America from the High Sierra of California to the Colorado Rockies north to Alaska. Its range may extend into far eastern Russia. This is a low plant forming mats or clumps and bearing small thimble-shaped flowers with curving white petals.
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Categories:- Minuartia
- Alpine flora
- Flora of California
- Flora of the Sierra Nevada region (U.S.)
- Flora of the Rocky Mountains
- Flora of the Western United States
- Caryophyllales stubs
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