Eremogone macradenia
{{Short description|Species of flowering plant}}
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|image = Eremogone macradenia var macradenia 4.jpg
|genus = Eremogone
|species = macradenia
|authority = (S.Wats.) Ikonn.
|synonyms =
- Arenaria congesta var. macradenia (S.Wats.) M.E.Jones
- Arenaria macradenia S.Wats.
}}
Eremogone macradenia is a species of flowering plant in the family Caryophyllaceae known by the common names Mojave sandwort and desert sandwort.
Distribution
It is native to the Southwestern United States, where it grows on desert slopes and in dry woodland and sagebrush, such as in the Mojave Desert in California.
Description
This is a perennial herb producing a tuft of erect stems 20 to 40 centimeters tall. The leaves are needlelike, a few centimeters long and sharp or blunt at the tip. The inflorescence is an open cyme of white flowers each with five petals. The fruit is a toothed capsule containing several small reddish to black seeds.
=Varieties=
There are four varieties of this species. Three are not rare but one variety, var. kuschei, is limited to about 130 individuals in the San Gabriel Mountains of eastern Los Angeles County, California.[http://www.centerforplantconservation.org/ASP/CPC_ViewProfile.asp?CPCNum=267 Center for Plant Conservation: A. m. var. kuschei] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090819045627/http://www.centerforplantconservation.org/ASP/CPC_ViewProfile.asp?CPCNum=267 |date=August 19, 2009 }}
References
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External links
- [http://ucjeps.berkeley.edu/cgi-bin/get_JM_treatment.pl?2907,2912,2923 Jepson Manual Treatment - Arenaria macradenia] — TJM2: Eremogone macradenia.
- [http://plants.usda.gov/java/profile?symbol=ARMA3 USDA Plants Profile: Arenaria macradenia]
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Category:North American desert flora
Category:Flora of the California desert regions
Category:Natural history of the Mojave Desert
Category:Flora of the Sierra Nevada (United States)
Category:Natural history of the Central Valley (California)
Category:Flora without expected TNC conservation status
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