familyCaryophyllaceae
subfamilyCaryophyllaceae subfam. Alsinoideae
genusEremogone
speciesEremogone congesta
Eremogone congesta var. suffrutescens
Sida 21: 239. 2004.
Common names: Suffrutescent sandwort
Endemic
Basionym: Brewerina suffrutescens A. Gray Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts 8: 620. 1873
Synonyms: Arenaria congesta var. suffrutescens (A. Gray) B. L. Robinson Arenaria suffrutescens (A. Gray) A. Heller
Stems 15–40 cm, glabrous or stipitate-glandular. Leaves: basal blades erect to somewhat spreading, needlelike, 1.5–8 cm × 0.5–1.5 mm, herbaceous. Inflorescences 1–3 umbellate cymes; bracts generally clustered at base of inflorescence. Pedicels 1–12 mm, glabrous. Sepals weakly to conspicuously 1–3-veined, 3–4 mm, apex obtuse.
Phenology: Flowering late spring–early summer.
Habitat: Rocky mountain slopes and outcrops
Elevation: 1200-3300 m
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perigynous +
not hooded +
obtuse +
absent +
spongy +
distinct +
absent +
clawed +
needlelike +
flexuous +
herbaceous +
branched +
arising +
absent +
woody +
1-veined +
foliaceous +
paired +
clustered +
absent +
reduced +
scarious +
glabrous +
ovoid;urceolate +
absent +
woody +
reduced +
Suffrutescent sandwort +
absent +
umbellate +
arising +
dish--shaped +
Calif. +
absent +
opposite +
distinct +
sessile +
symmetric +
inconspicuous +
crescent--shaped +
simple +
cup-shaped +
capitate +
sessile +
congested +
opposite +
connate +
white +
narrow +
scarious +
absent +
0.3 +
prominent +
0.15mm;0.2mm +
swollen +
superior +
campylotropous +
erect +
absent +
glabrous +
perigynous +
straight +
central +
surrounding +
annular +
white +
fugacious +
1.5-2 times as long as sepals +
absent +
oblong +
absent +
Sida +
2004 +
absent +
arising +
absent +
reddish-brown;black +
1;10 +
tuberculate +
1-3-veined +
not awned +
opposite +
green +
persistent +
absent +
ovate;lanceolate +
not expanding +
Endemic +
arising +
absent +
absent +
herbaceous +
erect +
terete +
subcapitate +
absent +
absent +
distinct +
absent +
glabrous +
filiform +
Eremogone congesta var. suffrutescens +
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variety +
tuberous +
ascending;recurved +
divided +
indehiscent +
entire +
perennial +
not glaucous +
horizontal +
absent +