Arenaria aculeata Calflora

Taxon Report

Arenaria aculeata S. Watson

(not an active name)

Prickly sandwort

2001 Jeff Abbas

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

also called Eremogone aculeata


	Plant Range Observation Search ~117 records in California Plant Characteristics

Photos on Calflora


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

Communities: Sagebrush Scrub, Lodgepole Forest, Northern Juniper Woodland

Name Status:
Accepted by PLANTS

Alternate Names:


PLANTS	Arenaria congesta var. aculeata
PLANTS	Arenaria fendleri var. aculeata
PLANTS	Arenaria pumicola var. californica
PLANTS	Arenaria salmonensis
PLANTS	Eremogone aculeata
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Information about Arenaria aculeata from other sources


Nursery availability from CNPLX Commercial availability unknown. USDA PLANTS Profile (ARAC2) Photos on Calflora Photos on CalPhotos Google Images Photos on iNaturalist ID Tips on PlantID.net	ITIS Original Publication citation International Plants Names Index Search efloras.org (Flora of North America) Landscape information from Calscape BONAP Distribution Map 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: 11/21/2024).