Sabulina rosei is an uncommon species of flowering plant in the family Caryophyllaceae known by the common names peanut sandwort and peanut stitchwort.
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Order: | Caryophyllales |
Family: | Caryophyllaceae |
Genus: | Sabulina |
Species: | S. rosei
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Binomial name | |
Sabulina rosei (Maguire & Barneby) McNeill
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It is endemic to northwestern California, in the Klamath Mountains and North California Coast Ranges. It grows in serpentine soils in oak and pine woodlands and forests.
Description
editSabulina rosei is a rhizomatous perennial herb forming a low mat of waxy herbage with thin, erect flowering stems. The tiny green needle-like leaves are up to 1.5 centimeters long and less than 2 millimeters wide.
The hairy, glandular inflorescence bears flowers with five white petals each under a centimeter long.
References
edit- ^ Sabulina rosei (Maguire & Barneby) Dillenb. & Kadereit. Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 27 March 2024.