Sabulina californica
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| Species: | M. californica
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| Minuartia californica | |
Minuartia californica is a species of flowering plant in the pink family known by the common name California sandwort.
It is native to valleys, foothills, and mountains in California and Oregon. It grows in many types of habitat, including chaparral, vernal pools, and roadsides.
Description
Minuartia californica is a small annual herb producing a hair-thin stem no more than 12 centimeters tall, in erect or spreading, branching form. The narrow leaves are just a few millimeters long and under 2 millimeters wide.
The tiny flower has five white petals and five veined, pointed sepals.
External links
- Jepson Manual Treatment: Minuartia californica
- USDA Plants Profile: Minuartia californica (California sandwort)
- Flora of North America
- Minuartia californica — U.C. Photo gallery
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Categories:
- Minuartia
- Flora of California
- Flora of Oregon
- Flora of the Cascade Range
- Flora of the Klamath Mountains
- Flora of the Sierra Nevada (U.S.)
- Natural history of the California chaparral and woodlands
- Natural history of the California Coast Ranges
- Natural history of the Central Valley (California)
- Caryophyllales stubs