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Peanut Stitchwort (Sabulina rosei)

Description

Minuartia rosei is a rhizomatous perennial herb forming a low mat of waxy herbage with thin, erect flowering stems. The tiny green needle-like leaves are up to 1.5 centimeters long and less than 2 millimeters wide. The hairy, glandular inflorescence bears flowers with five white petals each under a centimeter long.

Taxonomic tree

  • Domain: Eukarya

    • Kingdom: Plantae

      • Phylum: Magnoliophyta

        • Class: Magnoliopsida

          • Order: Caryophyllales

            • Family: Caryophyllaceae

              • Genus: Sabulina