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Sabulina pusilla
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Order: Caryophyllales
Family: Caryophyllaceae
Genus: Sabulina
Species:
S. pusilla
Binomial name
Sabulina pusilla
(S.Watson) Dillenb. & Kadereit (2014)
Synonyms[1]
  • Alsinopsis pusilla (S.Watson) Rydb. (1912)
  • Arenaria pusilla S.Watson (1882)
  • Minuartia pusilla (S.Watson) Mattf. (1921)

Sabulina pusilla is a species of flowering plant in the family Caryophyllaceae known by the common names annual sandwort and dwarf stitchwort.

It is native to western North America from British Columbia to southern California to Utah,[1] from sea level to 2,400 metres (7,900 ft). It grows in mountain pine forests, chaparral, plains, and other habitats.[2]

Description

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Sabulina pusilla is a petite annual herb producing a slender, erect stem no more than 5 centimeters tall. The tiny green concave leaves are thready to lance-shaped, up to 5 millimeters long and no more than 1.5 millimeters wide.[2]

The tiny flower has five pointed sepals just a few millimeters long. There may be five white petals which are roughly the same length as the sepals or slightly smaller, though sometimes the flowers lack petals.

References

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  1. ^ a b Sabulina pusilla (S.Watson) Dillenb. & Kadereit. Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 25 March 2024.
  2. ^ a b Abigail J. Moore, Ronald L. Hartman & Richard K. Rabeler (2022) Sabulina pusilla in Jepson Flora Project (eds.), Jepson eFlora, Revision 11. Accessed 25 March 2024.
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