Kingdom Plantae Family Caryophyllaceae Scientific name Minuartia howellii | Order Caryophyllales Genus Minuartia Rank Species | |
Similar Minuartia douglasii, Minuartia nuttallii, Minuartia uniflora, Minuartia patula, Minuartia obtusiloba | ||
Minuartia howellii is an uncommon species of flowering plant in the pink family known by the common names Howell's stitchwort and Howell's sandwort.
It is native to the Klamath Mountains of northwestern California and southwestern Oregon. It grows in serpentine soils in chaparral and woodland habitat.
Description
Minuartia howellii is a slightly hairy annual herb growing to a maximum height of 30 centimeters with a slender green stem which turns purple with age.
The thin, rigid, almost needlelike leaves are linear or narrowly lance-shaped, up to 1.5 centimeters long and under 2 millimeters wide.
The tiny flower has five white petals each a few millimeters long and smaller, ribbed sepals.
References
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