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Northern Sandwort

Sabulina elegans

Also called Purple Alpine Stitchwort, Elegant Stitchwort

Northern Sandwort
Photo: DenaliNPS, Public domain
Family
Caryophyllaceae (Pink & carnation family)
Grows as
Shrub
Native range
Subarctic America to W. Canada
Climate
subalpine or subarctic

About

Sabulina elegans, the elegant stichwort or Ross' stitchwort, is a species of flowering plant. It is native to Alaska and northwestern Canada (Alberta, British Columbia, Northwest Territories, and Yukon Territory).

Other Sabulina plants

Sabulina californica · Sabulina cismontana · Sabulina decumbens · Sabulina howellii · Sabulina rosei · Sabulina stricta · Sabulina verna · Douglas's Stitchwort · Sabulina fontinalis · Nuttall's Stitchwort · Annual sandwort · Beautiful Sandwort

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Sabulina elegans by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts are shared under the same licence.

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.

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