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Sabulina pusilla
Also called Dwarf sandwort, Dwarf stitchwort
Annual sandwort is a tiny annual wildflower native to western North America, growing to about 5 cm with small white flowers. It is a wild species of dry, open ground rather than a commonly cultivated garden plant, so care details are general.
Sabulina pusilla is a species of flowering plant in the family Caryophyllaceae known by the common names annual sandwort and dwarf stitchwort.
It is native to western North America from British Columbia to southern California to Utah, from sea level to 2,400 metres (7,900 ft). It grows in mountain pine forests, chaparral, plains, and other habitats.
Sabulina californica · Sabulina cismontana · Sabulina decumbens · Sabulina howellii · Sabulina rosei · Sabulina stricta · Sabulina verna · Douglas's Stitchwort · Northern Sandwort · Sabulina fontinalis · Nuttall's Stitchwort · Beautiful Sandwort
Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Sabulina pusilla 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.
