PLANTS Profile for Minuartia obtusiloba (twinflower sandwort)

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PLANTS Profile

Minuartia obtusiloba (Rydb.) House
twinflower sandwort

Symbol:

MIOB2

Group:

Dicot

Family:

Caryophyllaceae

Duration:

Perennial

Growth Habit:

Subshrub
Forb/herb

Native Status:

L48		N
AK		N
CAN		N

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Photo of Minuartia obtusiloba (Rydb.) House

Lidia obtusiloba

©Al Schneider. Southwest Colorado Wildflowers. United States, CO, NM, AZ, UT, Four Corners vicinity, within 150 miles of the corners. Usage Requirements. Any use of copyrighted images requires permission of the copyright holder.

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Images:
Minuartia obtusiloba (Rydb.) House

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Synonyms:
Minuartia obtusiloba (Rydb.) House

	ALOB6	Alsinopsis obtusiloba Rydb.
	AROB3	Arenaria obtusiloba (Rydb.) Fernald
	ARSA8	Arenaria sajanensis auct. non Willd. ex Schltdl.
	LIOB4	Lidia obtusiloba (Rydb.) Á. Löve & D. Löve
	MISA3	Minuartia sajanensis auct. non (Willd. ex Schltdl.) House

Distribution:
Minuartia obtusiloba (Rydb.) House


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USA (AK, AZ, CA, CO, ID, MT, NM, NV, OR, UT, WA, WY), CAN (AB, BC, MB, NT, NU, YT)

Related Taxa:
Minuartia obtusiloba (Rydb.) House

View 42 genera in Caryophyllaceae, 38 species in Minuartia

Classification:
Minuartia obtusiloba (Rydb.) House

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Kingdom	Plantae – Plants
Subkingdom	Tracheobionta – Vascular plants
Superdivision	Spermatophyta – Seed plants
Division	Magnoliophyta – Flowering plants
Class	Magnoliopsida – Dicotyledons
Subclass	Caryophyllidae
Order	Caryophyllales
Family	Caryophyllaceae – Pink family
Genus	Minuartia L. – stitchwort
Species	Minuartia obtusiloba (Rydb.) House – twinflower sandwort

Wetland Indicator Status:

NOTE: On June 1, 2012, the 2012 National Wetland Plant List superseded the information below (see Federal Register, May 9, 2012, 77(90): 27210-27214[https://federalregister.gov/a/2012-11176]). For updated wetland information about this species, see the latest wetland list.

Minuartia obtusiloba (Rydb.) House

Nat. Ind.

Reg. 1

Reg. 2

Reg. 3

Reg. 4

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Reg. 6

Reg. 7

Reg. 8

Reg. 9

Reg. 0

Reg. A

Reg. C

Reg. H

UPL,FACU

FACU-

UPL

FACU-

FACU

Interpreting Wetland Indicator Status

More Accounts and Images:
Minuartia obtusiloba (Rydb.) House

View photographs from CalPhotos.

View species account and distribution map from Flora of North America (FNA).

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 20008.

View species account and distribution map from Jepson Interchange (University of California - Berkeley).

View species account and photographs from Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center Native Plant Information Network (NPIN).

View 1 propagation protocol from Native Plants Network.

View photographs and distribution from University of Washington Burke Museum.

Time Generated: 05/24/2013 07:26 AM CDT