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Eremogone aculeata
Prickly sandwort is a low, mat-forming perennial herb of western North America's dry sagebrush steppe and rocky slopes, with needlelike leaves and small white flowers. It is a tough, drought-tolerant plant that needs sharp drainage and full sun.
Eremogone aculeata (syn. Arenaria aculeata) is a species of flowering plant in the family Caryophyllaceae known by the common name prickly sandwort. It is native to the western United States, where it grows in the southern sagebrush steppe, mountainous areas, and volcanic soils, as well as on rocky slopes.
This is a mat-forming perennial herb growing in clumps of waxy foliage on short, hairy, glandular stems. The leaves are very thin and pointed, somewhat needlelike, and up to 3 or 4 centimeters long. The inflorescence is an open array of flowers with five lance-shaped to oval white petals each one half to one centimeter long. The fruit is a toothed capsule containing several small yellowish seeds.
Eremogone bryophylla · Clifton's Eremogone · Ballhead Sandwort · Fendler's Matted Sandwort · Franklin's Sandwort · Mojave Sandwort · Eremogone saxatilis · Bear Valley Sandwort · Sandwort
Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Eremogone aculeata by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.
The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.
Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.
