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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Order: | Caryophyllales |
| Family: | Caryophyllaceae |
| Genus: | Sabulina |
| Species: | S. nuttallii |
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| Sabulina nuttallii (Pax) Dillenb. & Kadereit (2014) | |
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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
Four varieties are accepted.
- Sabulina nuttallii var. fragilis (Maguire & A.H.Holmgren) Dillenb. & Kadereit – California, Nevada, and Oregon
- Sabulina nuttallii var. gracilis (B.L.Rob.) Dillenb. & Kadereit – California, Nevada, and Oregon
- Sabulina nuttallii var. gregaria (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
- ^ Sabulina nuttallii (Pax) Dillenb. & Kadereit. Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 29 March 2024.
- NatureServe (2024). "Minuartia nuttallii". Arlington, Virginia. Retrieved 19 January 2024.
External links
- Sabulina nuttallii, Jepson eFlora
- USDA Plants Profile
- Flora of North America
- Photo gallery
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| Minuartia nuttallii | |
| Arenaria nuttallii | |
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- Sabulina (plant)
- Flora of California
- Flora of Nevada
- Flora of Idaho
- Flora of the West Coast of the United States
- Flora of the Cascade Range
- Flora of the Klamath Mountains
- Flora of the Sierra Nevada (United States)
- Natural history of the California Coast Ranges
- Plants described in 1893
- Taxa named by Ferdinand Albin Pax
- Caryophyllaceae stubs