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)](rubella/rubella1c.jpg)
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)](rubella/rubella1b.jpg)
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)](rubella/rubella1a.jpg)
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)](rubella/rubella8a.jpg)
Boreal sandwort going to seed atop Sunrise Peak in the Dark Divide, Gifford Pinchot National Forest.........September 12, 2014.
Paul Slichter