| Family | CARYOPHYLLACEAE |
| Genus species | Sabulina elegans (Cham. & Schltdl.) Dillenb. & Kadereit |
| Bibliography | Taxon 63: 86 (2014) |
| Native Range | Subarctic America to w. Canada |
| Primary Biome | Subarctic |
| Habitat | tundra |
| Description | glabrous, stems densely leafy, leaves triangular-subulate, carnose, obtuse, 3mm, flowers solitary, terminal and axillary, sepals ovate, 2mm, acute, petals obovate, 2-3mm |
| Size | 3-7cm |
| Color | white |
| Bloom | summer |
| Ca | |
| Type | subshrub |
| Cultivation | humous, moist, but in winter drier, semi-shady site alpine house, moist, humous soil, shading in summer |
| Propagation | seed in spring, barely covered, germ. 1-3 months, 13-18°C cuttings in late summer |
| Synonyms | Alsinanthe elegans (Cham. & Schltdl.) Á.Löve & D.Löve Alsine elegans (Cham. & Schltdl.) Fenzl Arenaria elegans Cham. & Schltdl. Arenaria rossii ssp. columbiana (Raup) Maguire Arenaria rossii var. columbiana Raup Arenaria rossii ssp. elegans (Cham. & Schltdl.) Maguire Arenaria rossii var. elegans (Cham. & Schltdl.) S.L.Welsh Minuartia elegans (Cham. & Schltdl.) Schischk. Minuartia orthotrichoides Schischk. Minuartia rossii ssp. elegans (Cham. & Schltdl.) Rebrist. Minuartia rossii var. elegans (Cham. & Schltdl.) Hultén Minuartia rossii var. orthotrichoides (Schischk.) Hultén Sabulina orthotrichoides (Schischk.) Mosyakin & Fedor. |
| Territory | 7 Northern America 70 Subarctic America (ASK Alaska, NWT Northwest Territories, YUK Yukon) 71 Western Canada (ABT Alberta, BRC British Columbia) |