Eastern Mojave Vegetation Coll. No. 2853, Arenaria lanuginosa var. saxosa.  
 

 

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Photographed 18 November 2022.

Plants of Colorado
Caryophyllaceae

Arenaria lanuginosa (Michx.) Rohrb. var. saxosa (A. Gray) Zarucchi, R. L. Hartman & Rabeler.  Spreading Sandwort.

Morrison Creek, Jefferson County, Colorado. Beside horse trail (former road?), on forest floor above Morrison Creek. 2.10 km. northwest of Kelsey Campground, 5.38 km. southwest of the Little Scraggy Trailhead. 39.3126°N, 105.2829°W. WGS 1984 Elev. 2524 m. Perennial, stems and pedicels with small downward-pointing hairs, petals, 5, white, Forest-shaded open, east-facing slope; also seen or collected here: Sedum lanceolatum and Anticlea elegans.

Collected by permit: Pike - San Isabel National Forest, 2022, issued: Mar 29, 2022, to: Tom Schweich.

Tom Schweich 2853. 12-Jul-2022

Coll. No. 2853, 12 July 2022, characters observed: Perennial, to 20 cm., herbaceous, rhizomatous; Stems, small downward-pointing hairs; Leaves, opposite, stipules (papery or not) absent, connate, 14 mm. × 3 mm. wide, narrowly elliptic; Inflorescence, open cyme; Pedicels, small downward-pointing hairs; Sepals, distinct; Petals, 3 mm. × 1.5 mm. wide, not clawed, entire, white; Stamens, ≥#8; Style, #3; Seeds, unknown.

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