Cherleria obtusiloba is a perennial alpine herb known by the common names alpine sandwort and twinflower stitchwort. It is native to the mountains of western North America from the High Sierra of California to the Colorado Rockies north to Alaska, and to far northeastern Russia (Magadan, Kamchatka, and Yakutia).[2] This is a low plant forming mats or clumps and bearing small thimble-shaped flowers with curving white petals.

Cherleria obtusiloba

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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Order: Caryophyllales
Family: Caryophyllaceae
Genus: Cherleria
Species:
C. obtusiloba
Binomial name
Cherleria obtusiloba
(Rydb.) A.J.Moore & Dillenb. (2017)
Synonyms[2]
  • Alsinopsis obtusiloba Rydb. (1906)
  • Arenaria biflora var. obtusa S.Watson (1878)
  • Arenaria obtusa Torr. (1827), nom. illeg.
  • Arenaria obtusiloba (Rydb.) Fernald (1919)
  • Arenaria obtusiloba f. rosea A.E.Porsild (1939)
  • Lidia obtusiloba (Rydb.) Á.Löve & D.Löve (1975 publ. 1976)
  • Minuartia obtusa Mattf. (1921), nom. superfl.
  • Minuartia obtusiloba (Rydb.) House (1921)

References

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  1. ^ NatureServe (2024). "Minuartia obtusiloba". Arlington, Virginia. Retrieved 18 January 2024.
  2. ^ a b Cherleria obtusiloba (Rydb.) A.J.Moore & Dillenb. Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 27 March 2024.
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