familyCaryophyllaceae
subfamilyCaryophyllaceae subfam. Alsinoideae
genusMinuartia
speciesMinuartia nuttallii
Minuartia nuttallii var. nuttallii
Endemic
Synonyms: Arenaria pungens Nuttall Minuopsis pungens (Nuttall) Mattfeld
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 5. Treatment on page 130.
Leaves closely appressed to prominently arcuate; blade 7–11 mm, apex acute to acuminate, navicular, with small mucro, not spine-tipped. Flowers: sepals prominently 1 (–3) -veined, lanceolate to narrowly so (herbaceous portion lanceolate to narrowly so), 3.5–5.5 (–7) mm, apex acuminate; petals 0.5–1.2 times as long as sepals. 2n = 36.
Phenology: Flowering spring–summer.
Habitat: Sandy and rocky slopes and ridges, chaparral, open pine woodlands, alpine slopes
Elevation: 600-3800 m
Distribution
Alta., B.C., Colo., Idaho, Mont., Oreg., Utah, Wash., Wyo.
Discussion
Selected References
None.
Lower Taxa
None.
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perigynous +
not spine-tipped +
purple +
stipitate-glandular +
dull +
acuminate;navicular;acute;acuminate +
absent +
spongy +
distinct +
absent +
clawed +
absent +
arising +
absent +
1-veined +
green +
straight +
rigid +
foliaceous +
paired +
absent +
reduced +
scarious +
usually shorter +
ovoid +
5 cm50 mm <br />0.05 m <br /> (?) +
absent +
branched +
trailing +
woody +
absent +
many-branched +
woody +
open +
congested +
absent +
arising +
dish--shaped +
absent +
distinct +
sessile +
congested +
symmetric +
absent +
inconspicuous +
simple +
disc--shaped +
(3-)6-30-flowered +
0.2-2 times as long as leaves +
spaced +
arcuate +
appressed +
connate +
tightly appressed;spreading +
silvery +
herbaceous +
rounded +
scarious +
absent +
small +
prominent +
2-lobed +
swollen +
superior +
campylotropous +
reflexed;erect;arcuate-spreading +
absent +
stipitate-glandular +
perigynous +
straight +
central +
surrounding +
annular +
fugacious +
0.5-1.2 times as long as sepals +
absent +
obovate +
absent +
Annuaire Conserv. Jard. Bot. Genève +
1911 +
trailing +
arising +
absent +
reticulate +
reddish-brown;dark-brown +
1;25 +
tuberculate +
oblongelliptic +
1(-3)-veined +
not awned +
opposite +
green +
persistent +
distinct +
lanceolate +
not enlarging +
scarious +
Endemic +
arising +
absent +
absent +
green +
herbaceous +
ascending;erect +
glandular-hairy +
terete +
subcapitate +
absent +
papillate +
absent +
distinct +
absent +
glabrous +
filiform +
filiform +
thickened +
woody +
Minuartia nuttallii var. nuttallii +
Minuartia nuttallii +
variety +
tuberous +
divided +
low-rounded +
indehiscent +
entire +
perennial +
horizontal +
absent +