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Common names
  • Beautiful Sandwort
  • Slender Mountain Sandwort
  • Thread-Leaved Sandwort
Botanical names
  • Accepted: Eremogone capillaris
  • Synonym: Arenaria capillaris

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Date: 2005-07-25
Steven J. Baskauf http://bioimages.vanderbilt.edu/
Location: Olympic National Park
photo credit: Walter Siegmund

Date: 2012-07-25
Credit NPS Jacob W. Frank
Location: Washington
Date: 2005-07-25
Steven J. Baskauf http://bioimages.vanderbilt.edu/

Date: 2005-07-25
Steven J. Baskauf http://bioimages.vanderbilt.edu/
Location: Thread-leaf sandwort (Arenaria capillaris) on Olympic National Park High Ridge Loop trail
Date: 2010-08-02
Photo courtesy of: Miguel Vieira
Location: Terwhytt Cirque, Kananaskis Country, AB, Canada; alpine elevation.
Date: 2014-08-18
Location: Terwhytt Cirque, Kananaskis Country, AB, Canada; alpine elevation.
Date: 2014-08-18
Habitat:  alpine scree
Location: Olympic National Park
photo credit: Walter Siegmund
Comments:
  • Posted by Johannian (The Black Hills, SD - Zone 4b) on Jan 11, 2022 8:45 PM concerning plant:
    Range: from Alaska to northern Oregon, northern Nevada, and western Montana. Additional info: the genus name comes from the Latin arena (which means "sand"), referring to the preferred soil of many species, distinguished by technical characteristics, generally may be recognized by white flowers with 5 petals, 3 styles on the ovary, and very narrow, opposite leaves.

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