Sabulina cismontana
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| Species: | M. cismontana
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| Minuartia cismontana R.J. Meinke & P.F. Zika
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Minuartia cismontana is a species of flowering plant in the pink family known by the common name cismontane minuartia.
It is native to Oregon and northern and central California, where it occurs in woodland and chaparral habitat, often on serpentine soils. It is similar to Minuartia californica and M. pusilla, but it was found to be a different species and was described as new in 1992.[1]
Description
Minuartia cismontana is an ephemeral annual herb producing a stiff, erect, green or reddish purple stem up to about 25 centimeters tall from a thin taproot.
The small, sparse leaves are up to a centimeter long and not more than 1 or 2 millimeters wide. They are green or reddish purple in color, shiny and hairless.
The inflorescence contains up to 20 flowers with white petals, each on a thin branch.
References
- ^ Meinke, R. J. and P. F. Zika. (1992). A new annual species of Minuartia (Caryophyllaceae) from Oregon and California. Madroño 39:4 288-300.
External links
- Calflora: Minuartia cismontana
- Jepson Manual Treatment: Minuartia cismontana
- USDA Plants Profile: Minuartia cismontana
- Flora of North America
- Minuartia cismontana —The Nature Conservancy
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- NatureServe vulnerable species
- 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)
- Plants described in 1992
- Vulnerable flora of California
- Caryophyllales stubs