[Sandworts East of the Cascade Mts.]
Thyme-leaf Sandwort

Arenaria serpyllifolia var. serpyllifolia

The photo above shows a thyme-leaf sandwort. Note that the petals are about 2/3 the length of the calyx and that the petals are not toothed or lobed. Photographed along the Umatilla Rim Trail at the eastern edge of the North Fork Umatilla Wilderness in northeastern Oregon........June 24, 2007.

The photo above shows a close-up of the flower and pedicel of thyme-leaf sandwort. Photographed along the Umatilla Rim Trail at the eastern edge of the North Fork Umatilla Wilderness in northeastern Oregon........June 24, 2007.

The photo above shows a close-up of the calyx of thyme-leaf sandwort. Photographed along the Umatilla Rim Trail at the eastern edge of the North Fork Umatilla Wilderness in northeastern Oregon........June 24, 2007. Note the slightly scarious (white) margina and hairs on the calyx and the marginal hairs on the leaves.

The photo above shows a close-up of the stem leaves of thyme-leaf sandwort. Note the mumerous hairs on the stems. Photographed along the Umatilla Rim Trail at the eastern edge of the North Fork Umatilla Wilderness in northeastern Oregon........June 24, 2007.

The photo above shows thyme-leaf sandwort. Photographed along the Umatilla Rim Trail at the eastern edge of the North Fork Umatilla Wilderness in northeastern Oregon........June 24, 2007.

Arenaria serpyllifolia ----- Arenaria serpyllifolia ----- Arenaria serpyllifolia

The 3 photos seen directly above show close-up views of the inflorescence of thyme-leaf sandwort as seen on prairie slopes high above the lower Imnaha River along the trail between Buckhorn Lookout and Eureka Bar in the Wallowa-Whitman National Forest....................June 27, 2008. Click each photo to see an enlarged view.
Paul Slichter