Family | CARYOPHYLLACEAE |
Genus species | Sabulina nuttallii (Pax) Dillenb. & Kadereit |
Bibliography | Taxon 63: 87 (2014) |
Native Range | se. British Columbia to Alberta and Utah |
Primary Biome | Temperate |
Habitat | scree |
Altitude | 600-3800m |
Description | glandular pubescent, leaves 5-10cm, sharply acute, linear to lanceolate, 3-veined, flowers 2-7 in compact cyme, petals ovate, shorter than sepals |
Size | 2-20cm |
Color | white |
Bloom | spring, summer |
Ca | + |
Type | subshrub |
Cultivation | gravelly, humous, moist, sunny site alpine house, moist, humous, gravelly soil, sun |
Propagation | seed in spring, barely covered, germ. 1-3 months, 13-18°C cuttings in late summer |
Synonyms | Alsinopsis nuttallii (Pax) Small Alsinopsis occidentalis A.Heller Arenaria gregaria A.Heller Arenaria nuttallii Pax Arenaria nuttallii var. gracilipes M.E.Jones Arenaria pungens Nutt. Arenaria pungens var. gracilis A.Gray Minuartia nuttallii (Pax) Briq. Minuartia occidentalis (A.Heller) House Minuartia pungens Mattf. Minuopsis nuttallii (Pax) W.A.Weber |
Territory | 7 Northern America 71 Western Canada (ABT Alberta, BRC British Columbia) 73 Northwestern U.S.A. (COL Colorado, IDA Idaho, MNT Montana, ORE Oregon, WAS Washington, WYO Wyoming) 76 Southwestern U.S.A. (UTA Utah) |