Vascular Plants of the Gila Wilderness

Presented in Association with the
Western New Mexico University Department of Natural Sciences

Spergulastrum lanuginosum Michaux subsp. saxosum (Gray) Weber
(Spreading Sandwort)

Family: Caryophyllaceae

Status: Native

Synonyms:
Arenaria confusa Rydberg
Arenaria lanuginosa (Michaux) Rohrbach subsp. saxosa (Gray) Maguire
Arenaria lanuginosa (Michaux) Rohrbach var. saxosa (Gray) Zarucchi, Hartman, & Rabeler
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

Spergulastrum lanuginosum var. saxosum 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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Spergulastrum lanuginosum var. saxosum, photo Russ Kleinman, Bill Norris, Kelly Kindscher, & Daniell Walkup, Mogollon Mtns., Bursum Road, July 23, 2008



Spergulastrum lanuginosum var. saxosum, photo Russ Kleinman, Mogollon Mtns., Bursum Road, Aug. 5, 2007



Spergulastrum lanuginosum var. saxosum, field macro of flower, photo Russ Kleinman, Bill Norris, Richard Felger & Leith Young, Mogollon Mtns., Bursum Road, Aug. 1, 2009



Spergulastrum lanuginosum var. saxosum, 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



Spergulastrum lanuginosum var. saxosum, more compact growth habit, photo Russ Kleinman, Mogollon Mtns., Indian Creek, Aug. 28, 2010



Spergulastrum lanuginosum var. saxosum, mature capsule, photo Russ Kleinman, Mogollon Mtns., Indian Creek, Aug. 28, 2010


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