[Sandworts: The Genera Cherleria and Sabulina in the Cascade Mountains of Oregon and Washington]

Boreal Sandwort, Beautiful Sandwort, Reddish Sandwort

Minuartia rubella

(Synonyms: Alsine rubella, Alsine hirta var. rubella, Arenaria propinqua, Arenaria rubella, Arenaria verna var. propinqua, Arenaria verna var. pubescens, Arenaria verna var. rubella, Tryphane rubella)

Boreal Sandwort, Beautiful Sandwort, Reddish Sandwort: Minuartia rubella (Synonyms: Alsine rubella, Alsine hirta var. rubella, Arenaria propinqua, Arenaria rubella, Arenaria verna var. propinqua, Arenaria verna var. pubescens, Arenaria verna var. rubella, Tryphane rubella)

Boreal sandwort as seen on the steep rocky slopes of Bald Mt at the northwestern corner of Mt. Hood..........July 15, 2007.

Boreal Sandwort, Beautiful Sandwort, Reddish Sandwort: Minuartia rubella (Synonyms: Alsine rubella, Alsine hirta var. rubella, Arenaria propinqua, Arenaria rubella, Arenaria verna var. propinqua, Arenaria verna var. pubescens, Arenaria verna var. rubella, Tryphane rubella)

Boreal sandwort as seen on the steep rocky slopes of Bald Mt at the northwestern corner of Mt. Hood.........July 15, 2007.

Boreal Sandwort, Beautiful Sandwort, Reddish Sandwort: Minuartia rubella (Synonyms: Alsine rubella, Alsine hirta var. rubella, Arenaria propinqua, Arenaria rubella, Arenaria verna var. propinqua, Arenaria verna var. pubescens, Arenaria verna var. rubella, Tryphane rubella)

Boreal sandwort as seen on the steep rocky slopes of Bald Mt at the northwestern corner of Mt. Hood.........July 15, 2007.

Boreal Sandwort, Beautiful Sandwort, Reddish Sandwort: Minuartia rubella (Synonyms: Alsine rubella, Alsine hirta var. rubella, Arenaria propinqua, Arenaria rubella, Arenaria verna var. propinqua, Arenaria verna var. pubescens, Arenaria verna var. rubella, Tryphane rubella)

Boreal sandwort going to seed atop Sunrise Peak in the Dark Divide, Gifford Pinchot National Forest.........September 12, 2014.

Paul Slichter