Sabulina nuttallii
{{Short description|Species of flowering plant}}
{{Speciesbox
|image = Minuartianuttallii.jpg
|status = {{TNCStatus}}
|status_system = TNC
|genus = Sabulina (plant)
|species = nuttallii
|authority = (Pax) Dillenb. & Kadereit (2014)
|subdivision_ranks = Varieties
|subdivision =
- Sabulina nuttallii var. fragilis {{small|(Maguire & A.H.Holmgren) Dillenb. & Kadereit}}
- Sabulina nuttallii var. gracilis {{small|(B.L.Rob.) Dillenb. & Kadereit}}
- Sabulina nuttallii var. gregaria {{small|(A.Heller) Dillenb. & Kadereit}}
- Sabulina nuttallii var. nuttallii
|subdivision_ref = [https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:77137556-1 Sabulina nuttallii (Pax) Dillenb. & Kadereit]. Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 29 March 2024.
|synonyms =
- Alsinopsis nuttallii {{small|(Pax) Small (1903)}}
- Alsinopsis occidentalis {{small|A.Heller (1912)}}
- Arenaria nuttallii {{small|Pax (1893)}}
- Arenaria pungens {{small|Nutt. (1838), nom. illeg.}}
- Minuartia nuttallii {{small|(Pax) Briq. (1911)}}
- Minuartia occidentalis {{small|(A.Heller) House (1921)}}
- Minuartia pungens {{small|Mattf. (1921), nom. superfl.}}
- Minuopsis nuttallii {{small|(Pax) W.A.Weber (1989)}}
}}
Sabulina nuttallii is a species of flowering plant in the family Caryophyllaceae known by the common names Nuttall's sandwort and brittle sandwort.
It is native to western North America from southwestern Canada to California and Nevada, where it grows in several types of habitat, including rocky and barren ridges, chaparral and woodlands, often on serpentine soils.
Description
Sabulina nuttallii is a rhizomatous perennial herb forming low mats of glandular, hairy herbage. The thin, rigid, sometimes needlelike leaves may be just over a centimeter long but are barely a millimeter wide.
The small flowers have five white petals usually under a centimeter long and ribbed, pointed sepals.
Varieties
- Sabulina nuttallii var. fragilis {{small|(Maguire & A.H.Holmgren) Dillenb. & Kadereit}} – California, Nevada, and Oregon
- Sabulina nuttallii var. gracilis {{small|(B.L.Rob.) Dillenb. & Kadereit}} – California, Nevada, and Oregon
- Sabulina nuttallii var. gregaria {{small|(A.Heller) Dillenb. & Kadereit}} – southwestern Oregon and northwestern California
- Sabulina nuttallii var. nuttallii – Alberta, British Columbia, Colorado, Idaho, Montana, Oregon, Utah, Washington, and Wyoming
References
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External links
{{Commons category|Sabulina nuttallii}}
- [https://ucjeps.berkeley.edu/eflora/eflora_display.php?tid=99704 Sabulina nuttallii], Jepson eFlora
- [http://plants.usda.gov/java/profile?symbol=MINU4 USDA Plants Profile]
- [http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=1&taxon_id=250060643 Flora of North America]
- [http://calphotos.berkeley.edu/cgi/img_query?query_src=photos_index&where-taxon=Minuartia+nuttallii Photo gallery]
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Category:Flora of the West Coast of the United States
Category:Flora of the Cascade Range
Category:Flora of the Klamath Mountains
Category:Flora of the Sierra Nevada (United States)
Category:Natural history of the California Coast Ranges
Category:Flora without expected TNC conservation status
Category:Plants described in 1893
Category:Taxa named by Ferdinand Albin Pax
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