Sabulina howellii
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|image = Sabulina howellii - Chloe and Trevor Van Loon 05.jpg
|status = {{TNCStatus}}
|status_system = TNC
|genus = Sabulina (plant)
|species = howellii
|authority = (S.Watson) Dillenb. & Kadereit (2014)
|synonyms =
- Alsinopsis howellii {{small|(S.Watson) A.Heller (1912)}}
- Arenaria howellii {{small|S.Watson (1885)}}
- Minuartia howellii {{small|(S.Watson) Mattf. (1921)}}
|synonyms_ref = [https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:77137534-1 Sabulina howellii (S.Watson) Dillenb. & Kadereit]. Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 27 March 2024.
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Sabulina howellii is an uncommon species of flowering plant in the family Caryophyllaceae known by the common names Howell's stitchwort and Howell's sandwort.
It is native to the Klamath Mountains of northwestern California and southwestern Oregon. It grows in serpentine soils in chaparral and woodland habitat.
Description
Sabulina howellii is a slightly hairy annual herb growing to a maximum height of 30 centimeters with a slender green stem which turns purple with age.
The thin, rigid, almost needlelike leaves are linear or narrowly lance-shaped, up to 1.5 centimeters long and under 2 millimeters wide.
The tiny flower has five white petals each a few millimeters long and smaller, ribbed sepals.
References
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External links
- [http://www.calflora.org/cgi-bin/species_query.cgi?where-taxon=Minuartia+howellii Calflora: Minuartia howellii]
- [https://ucjeps.berkeley.edu/eflora/eflora_display.php?tid=99700 Sabulina howellii], Jepson eFlora
- [http://plants.usda.gov/java/profile?symbol=MIHO USDA Plants Profile]
- [http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=1&taxon_id=250060638 Flora of North America]
- [http://calphotos.berkeley.edu/cgi/img_query?query_src=photos_index&where-taxon=Minuartia+howellii Photo gallery]
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Category:Flora of the Klamath Mountains
Category:Natural history of the California chaparral and woodlands
Category:Flora without expected TNC conservation status
Category:Plants described in 1885
Category:Taxa named by Sereno Watson
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