Sabulina cismontana is a species of flowering plant in the family Caryophyllaceae known by the common name cismontane minuartia.
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Order: | Caryophyllales |
| Family: | Caryophyllaceae |
| Genus: | Sabulina |
| Species: | S. cismontana
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| Binomial name | |
| Sabulina cismontana (Meinke & Zika) Dillenb. & Kadereit (2014)
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| Synonyms | |
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Minuartia cismontana Meinke & Zika (1992) | |
It is native to Oregon and northern and central California, where it occurs in woodland and chaparral habitat, often on serpentine soils. It is similar to Sabulina californica and S. pusilla, but it was found to be a different species and was described as new in 1992.[2]
Description
editSabulina cismontana is an ephemeral annual herb producing a stiff, erect, green or reddish purple stem up to about 25 centimeters tall from a thin taproot.[3]
The small, sparse leaves are up to a centimeter long and not more than 1 or 2 millimeters wide. They are green or reddish purple in color, shiny and hairless.[3]
The inflorescence contains up to 20 flowers with white petals, each on a thin branch.[3]
References
edit- ^ NatureServe (2024). "Minuartia cismontana". Arlington, Virginia. Retrieved 19 January 2024.
- ^ Meinke, R. J. and P. F. Zika. (1992). A new annual species of Minuartia (Caryophyllaceae) from Oregon and California. Madroño 39:4 288-300.
- ^ a b c Abigail J. Moore, Ronald L. Hartman & Richard K. Rabeler (2022). Sabulina cismontana in Jepson Flora Project (eds.) Jepson eFlora, Revision 11. Accessed 25 March 2024.
External links
edit- Calflora: Minuartia cismontana
- Sabulina cismontana, Jepson eFlora
- USDA Plants Profile: Minuartia cismontana
- Flora of North America
- Minuartia cismontana —The Nature Conservancy
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