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Scott Mountain Sandwort

Sabulina stolonifera

Scott Mountain Sandwort
Photo: Julie K Nelson, a USFS botanist per [1], Public domain

Scott Mountain sandwort is a rare, low-mat-forming perennial from the pink family, found only in a couple of spots in the Scott Mountains of California on serpentine soil. It is a wild species of conservation interest rather than a common garden plant, so growing it means sourcing seed or plants from a reputable native-plant or rare-plant nursery.

Family
Caryophyllaceae (Pink & carnation family)
Grows as
Shrub
Light
Full sun
Water
Water sparingly once established; let the soil dry between waterings and avoid wet roots.
Soil
Very well-drained, gritty, low-fertility mix; serpentine-type or sandy-gravelly soil suits it.
Temperature
Tolerates cold winters and dry summers typical of its mountain habitat; protect from prolonged waterlogging.
How easy
Hard
Native range
California
Climate
temperate

About

Sabulina stolonifera is a rare species of flowering plant in the pink family known by the common names Scott Mountain sandwort and stolon sandwort.

It is endemic to Siskiyou County, California, where it is known from only two occurrences in the Scott Mountains of the Klamath Range.

Other Sabulina plants

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

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Sabulina stolonifera 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.

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