Status: Native
Synonyms:
Spergulastrum lanuginosum Michaux subsp. saxosum (Gray) Weber
Arenaria confusa Rydberg
Arenaria lanuginosa (Michaux) Rohrbach subsp. saxosa (Gray) Maguire
Arenaria mearnsii Wooton & Standley
Arenaria polycaulos Rydberg
Arenaria saxosa Gray
Arenaria saxosa Gray var. cinerascens Robinson
Arenaria saxosa Gray var. mearnsii (Wooton & Standley) Kearney & Peebles
Arenaria lanuginosa var. saxosa is a small herb that is easy to miss as it grows low on the roadside
in wet areas. It has five small white petals that are not cleft, and narrowly lanceolate leaves. It grows in upper elevation mixed coniferous forest habitat.
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Arenaria lanuginosa var. saxosa, photo Russ Kleinman, Bill Norris, Kelly Kindscher, & Daniell Walkup, Mogollon Mtns., Bursum Road, July 23, 2008
Arenaria lanuginosa var. saxosa, photo Russ Kleinman, Mogollon Mtns., Bursum Road, Aug. 5, 2007
Arenaria lanuginosa var. saxosa, field macro of flower, photo Russ Kleinman, Bill Norris, Richard Felger & Leith Young, Mogollon Mtns., Bursum Road, Aug. 1, 2009
Arenaria lanuginosa var. saxosa, macro of sepals exceeding petals on flower and of capsule, photo Russ Kleinman, Bill Norris, Richard Felger & Leith Young, Mogollon Mtns., Bursum Road, Aug. 1, 2009
Arenaria lanuginosa var. saxosa, more compact growth habit, photo Russ Kleinman, Mogollon Mtns., Indian Creek, Aug. 28, 2010
Arenaria lanuginosa var. saxosa, mature capsule, photo Russ Kleinman, Mogollon Mtns., Indian Creek, Aug. 28, 2010
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