Sabulina pusilla is a species of flowering plant in the family Caryophyllaceae known by the common names annual sandwort and dwarf stitchwort.

Sabulina pusilla
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Order: Caryophyllales
Family: Caryophyllaceae
Genus: Sabulina
Species:
S. pusilla
Binomial name
Sabulina pusilla
(S.Watson) Dillenb. & Kadereit (2014)
Synonyms[1]
  • Alsinopsis pusilla (S.Watson) Rydb. (1912)
  • Arenaria pusilla S.Watson (1882)
  • Minuartia pusilla (S.Watson) Mattf. (1921)

It is native to western North America from British Columbia to southern California to Utah,[1] from sea level to 2,400 metres (7,900 ft). It grows in mountain pine forests, chaparral, plains, and other habitats.[2]

Description

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Sabulina pusilla is a petite annual herb producing a slender, erect stem no more than 5 centimeters tall. The tiny green concave leaves are thready to lance-shaped, up to 5 millimeters long and no more than 1.5 millimeters wide.[2]

The tiny flower has five pointed sepals just a few millimeters long. There may be five white petals which are roughly the same length as the sepals or slightly smaller, though sometimes the flowers lack petals.

References

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  1. ^ a b Sabulina pusilla (S.Watson) Dillenb. & Kadereit. Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 25 March 2024.
  2. ^ a b Abigail J. Moore, Ronald L. Hartman & Richard K. Rabeler (2022) Sabulina pusilla in Jepson Flora Project (eds.), Jepson eFlora, Revision 11. Accessed 25 March 2024.
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