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Eremogone macradenia
Also called Mohave Sandwort
Mojave sandwort is a small perennial herb from the Mojave Desert and nearby dry areas of the southwestern United States, forming a tuft of erect stems with white flowers. It is a desert native that needs very dry, sharply drained conditions and little water.
Eremogone macradenia is a species of flowering plant in the family Caryophyllaceae known by the common names Mojave sandwort and desert sandwort.
It is native to the Southwestern United States, where it grows on desert slopes and in dry woodland and sagebrush, such as in the Mojave Desert in California.
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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Eremogone macradenia 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.
