PLANTS Profile for Arenaria kingii (King's sandwort)

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Arenaria kingii (S. Watson) M.E. Jones
King's sandwort

Symbol:

ARKI

Group:

Dicot

Family:

Caryophyllaceae

Duration:

Perennial

Growth Habit:

Subshrub
Forb/herb

Native Status:

L48

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©Gary A. Monroe. United States, NV, Nye Co., White River Valley. May 13, 2006. Usage Requirements. Any use of copyrighted images requires notification of the copyright holder.

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Arenaria kingii (S. Watson) M.E. Jones

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Distribution:
Arenaria kingii (S. Watson) M.E. Jones


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Related Taxa:
Arenaria kingii (S. Watson) M.E. Jones

View 42 genera in Caryophyllaceae, 27 species in Arenaria or click below on a thumbnail map or name for species profiles.

Distribution of Arenaria kingii (S. Watson) M.E. Jones ssp. compacta (Coville) Maguire. . Image Available.

Arenaria kingii ssp. compacta
King's compact sandwort

Distribution of Arenaria kingii (S. Watson) M.E. Jones ssp. kingii. . Image Available.

Arenaria kingii ssp. kingii
King's sandwort

Distribution of Arenaria kingii (S. Watson) M.E. Jones ssp. plateauensis Maguire. .

Arenaria kingii ssp. plateauensis
King's plateau sandwort

Distribution of Arenaria kingii (S. Watson) M.E. Jones ssp. rosea Maguire. .

Arenaria kingii ssp. rosea
King's rosy sandwort

Distribution of Arenaria kingii (S. Watson) M.E. Jones ssp. uintahensis (A. Nelson) Maguire. .

Arenaria kingii ssp. uintahensis
Uinta sandwort

Native

Introduced

Classification:
Arenaria kingii (S. Watson) M.E. Jones

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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	Arenaria L. – sandwort
Species	Arenaria kingii (S. Watson) M.E. Jones – King's sandwort

More Accounts and Images:
Arenaria kingii (S. Watson) M.E. Jones

View photographs from CalPhotos.

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 20252.

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

Time Generated: 01/03/2013 08:23 PM CST