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| Minuartia rubella (Wahlenb.) Hiern. | Species Image Gallery (opens in a new window) |
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| TAXONOMY | |||||||||||||||||||
| Family: | Caryophyllaceae | ||||||||||||||||||
| Genus: | Minuartia | ||||||||||||||||||
| Species Synonyms: | Tryphane rubella (Wahlenb.) Reichenb. Minuartia rossii var. orthotrichoides auct. non (Schischkin) Hultén Arenaria verna var. propinqua (Richards.) Fern. Arenaria verna var. rubella (Wahlenb.) S. Wats. Arenaria propinqua Richards. Arenaria rubella (Wahlenb.) Sm. |
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| Common Names: | boreal sandwort beautiful sandwort boreal stitchwort |
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| DISTRIBUTION | |||||||||||||||||||
| Canada: | Yukon Territory - Northwest Territories - Arctic Island, south to British Columbia - northern Ontario - eastern Quebec - Newfoundland | ||||||||||||||||||
| Saskatchewan: | southwestern and northern Saskatchewan; Cypress Hills, Lake Athabasca - Clearwater River | ||||||||||||||||||
| Ecoregion: | Cypress Upland, Mid-Boreal Lowland, Mid-Boreal Upland, Athabasca Plain, Tazin Lake Upland | ||||||||||||||||||
| HABITAT | |||||||||||||||||||
| Saskatchewan: | gravely, often calcareous slopes | ||||||||||||||||||
| RARITY STATUS | |||||||||||||||||||
| Provincial
Status According to Harms (2003): |
Vulnerable |
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| Nature Conservancy Status: | G5 S2 |
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| Saskatchewan
Species at Risk Status: |
None |
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| COSEWIC Status: | None |
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| Boreal sandwort is vulnerable because it is rare or uncommon in Saskatchewan. This species occurs in two or three general regions of the province. Most local populations are small. No threats are known for this species at present. | |||||||||||||||||||
| SPECIES DESCRIPTION | |||||||||||||||||||
| Height: | 1 – 15 cm | ||||||||||||||||||
| Roots: | taproot present | ||||||||||||||||||
| Stems: | stem base branched, woody, perennial; stems tufted, reclining to creeping, cushion-forming, to 10 cm across, branched above, glandular-hairy above | ||||||||||||||||||
| Leaves: | opposite, appearing whorled because of weakly developed bundles of secondary leaves, sessile, clustered on bottom quarter of stem, 0.3 – 10 mm long, < 1 mm wide, linear, flat, 3-ribbed | ||||||||||||||||||
| Inflorescence: | few-flowered, branched or flowers solitary; bracted below; flower stalks slender, glandular-hairy | ||||||||||||||||||
| Flowers: | sepals 5, 2.5 – 4 mm long, lance-shaped, acute, 3-ribbed, margin narrowly membranous; petals shorter than sepals, elliptic to egg-shaped, white | ||||||||||||||||||
| Fruits: | capsule equalling to exceeding sepals, narrowly ovoid, 3-valved; seeds dark or reddish brown, finely bumpy or wrinkled | ||||||||||||||||||
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