Sabulina cismontana

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Sabulina cismontana
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Vulnerable  (NatureServe) [1]
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Order: Caryophyllales
Family: Caryophyllaceae
Genus: Sabulina
Species:
S. cismontana
Binomial name
Sabulina cismontana
(Meinke & Zika) Dillenb. & Kadereit (2014)
Synonyms

Minuartia cismontanaMeinke & Zika (1992)

Sabulina cismontana is a species of flowering plant in the family Caryophyllaceae known by the common name cismontane minuartia.

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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 Sabulina californica and S. pusilla , but it was found to be a different species and was described as new in 1992. [2]

Description

Sabulina 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. [3]

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. [3]

The inflorescence contains up to 20 flowers with white petals, each on a thin branch. [3]

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References

  1. NatureServe (2024). "Minuartia cismontana". Arlington, Virginia. Retrieved 19 January 2024.
  2. Meinke, R. J. and P. F. Zika. (1992). A new annual species of Minuartia (Caryophyllaceae) from Oregon and California. Madroño 39:4 288-300.
  3. 1 2 3 Abigail J. Moore, Ronald L. Hartman & Richard K. Rabeler (2022). Sabulina cismontana in Jepson Flora Project (eds.) Jepson eFlora, Revision 11. Accessed 25 March 2024.