Cardionema ramosissimum

Taxobox
name = "Cardionema ramosissimum"

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image_width = 270px
regnum = Plantae
divisio = Magnoliophyta
classis = Magnoliopsida
ordo = Caryophyllales
familia = Caryophyllaceae
genus = "Cardionema"
species = "C. ramosissimum"
binomial = "Cardionema ramosissimum"
binomial_authority = (Weinm.) A. Nels. & J.F. Macbr.
synonyms = "Loeflinga ramosissima"

"Cardionema ramosissimum" is a beach-dwelling plant of the pink family, Caryophyllaceae, which is known by the common name sandcarpet. This is a flat or clumping mat-forming perennial plant which grows along the coastline of western North America, as well as Chile. From a taproot it extends many petite to sprawling stems up to 30 centimeters long and covered in very tiny leaves, which are about a centimeter long and needlelike. Filling in the spaces between the spine-shaped leaves are long stipules. The plant bears tiny woolly flowers. This thick plant forms a blanket on the sand and can be used for erosion control on beaches.

External links

* [http://ucjeps.berkeley.edu/cgi-bin/get_JM_treatment.pl?2907,2931,2932 Jepson Manual Treatment]
* [http://plants.usda.gov/java/profile?symbol=CARA3 USDA Plants Profile]
* [http://calphotos.berkeley.edu/cgi/img_query?query_src=photos_index&where-taxon=Cardionema+ramosissimum Photo gallery]