[Sandworts: The Genus Eremogone (Arenaria) East of the Cascade Mountains of Oregon and Washington] -- [Ballhead Sandwort, Capitate Sandwort: Eremogone congesta (Synonym: Arenaria congesta)]

Sharptip Sandwort

Eremogone congesta var. cephaloidea

Synonym: Arenaria congesta var. cephaloidea

Eremogone congesta var. cephaloidea Synonym: Arenaria congesta var. cephaloidea

Sharptip sandwort. Note the long, needle-like leaves and inflorescence consisting of one to several tight clusters of flowers on each flower stem. If several flower clusters are present, then they are space apart from each other. The needles are fairly soft and flexible, not overtly sharp-tipped. Photographed near Rimrock Lake in Moses Coule, central Washington..........June 7, 2009.

Eremogone congesta var. cephaloidea Synonym: Arenaria congesta var. cephaloidea - Flowers and sepals of Eremogone congesta var. cephaloidea Synonym: Arenaria congesta var. cephaloidea

A close-up of one of the tight clusters of flowers that makes up part of the inflorescence of sharptip sandwort. Note the broad, white margins and acuminate tip to the sepals. Photographed near Rimrock Lake in Moses Coule, central Washington.........June 7, 2009.

Flower head of Sharptip Sandwort: Eremogone congesta var. cephaloidea (Synonym: Arenaria congesta var. cephaloidea) - Sharptip Sandwort: Eremogone congesta var. cephaloidea (Synonym: Arenaria congesta var. cephaloidea)

Sharptip sandwort as photographed along Forest Service Road 1647 in southeastern Logan Valley, Malheur National Forest..........July 18, 2010.
Paul Slichter