Arenaria lanuginosa var. saxosa Calflora

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Taxon Report

Arenaria lanuginosa (Michx.) Rohrb. var. saxosa (A. Gray) Zarucchi, R. L. Hartm., & Rabeler

Rock sandwort

2007 John Doyen

2008 Michael Charters

2009 Thomas Stoughton

Arenaria lanuginosa var. saxosa is a perennial herb that is native to California, and also found elsewhere in western North America.

California Rare Plant Rank: 2B.3 (rare, threatened, or endangered in CA; common elsewhere).


	Plant Range Observation Search ~67 records in California Plant Characteristics one or more occurrences within a 7.5-minute quadrangle

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Parent:	Arenaria lanuginosa
Genus:	Arenaria
Family:	Caryophyllaceae
Category:	angiosperm
PLANTS group:	Dicot
Jepson eFlora section: eudicot

Wetlands: Occurs usually in non wetlands, occasionally in wetlands

Communities: Red Fir Forest, Lodgepole Forest

Name Status:
Accepted by JEF + CNPS

Alternate Names:


JEF	Arenaria confusa
JEF + CNPS	Arenaria lanuginosa ssp. saxosa
JEF	Stellaria lagunensis

Information about Arenaria lanuginosa var. saxosa from other sources


Nursery availability from CNPLX Commercial availability unknown. Jepson eFlora Photos on Calflora Photos on CalPhotos Google Images Photos on iNaturalist ID Tips on PlantID.net	International Plants Names Index Search efloras.org (Flora of North America) Landscape information from Calscape CNPS Inventory: 2B.3 Consortium of California Herbaria 2 Search the Native American Ethnobotany Database	Add an Observation Location Suitability Planting Guide Distribution by County
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Suggested Citation

Calflora: Information on California plants for education, research and conservation, with data contributed by public and private institutions and individuals. [web application]. 2024. Berkeley, California: The Calflora Database [a non-profit organization]. Available: https://www.calflora.org/ (Accessed: 11/22/2024).