[Sandworts: The Genus Eremogone in Mt. Adams Country]

Fescue Sandwort, Slender Mountain Sandwort, Thread-leaved Sandwort

Eremogone capillaris var. americana

Synonyms: Arenaria capillaris ssp. americana, Eremogone americana

Flowers of Fescue Sandwort, Slender Mountain Sandwort, Thread-leaved Sandwort: Arenaria capillaris var. americana (Synonyms: Arenaria capillaris ssp. americana, Eremogone americana)

Sepals of Fescue Sandwort, Slender Mountain Sandwort, Thread-leaved Sandwort: Arenaria capillaris var. americana (Synonyms: Arenaria capillaris ssp. americana, Eremogone americana)

Cose-up images of the flowers of slender mountain sandwort as seen above 7300' on the Highline Trail #114.........July 24, 2005. Note the inflorescence can be somewhat glandular. Notice also, the white, membranous margins to the sepals.

Fescue Sandwort, Slender Mountain Sandwort, Thread-leaved Sandwort: Arenaria capillaris var. americana (Synonyms: Arenaria capillaris ssp. americana, Eremogone americana) - Lower stem leaves of Fescue Sandwort, Slender Mountain Sandwort, Thread-leaved Sandwort: Arenaria capillaris var. americana (Synonyms: Arenaria capillaris ssp. americana, Eremogone americana)

Photos of the basal tuft of leaves and lower pair of stem leaves of slender mountain sandwort as seen above 7300' on the Highline Trail #114.........July 24, 2005.

Fescue Sandwort, Slender Mountain Sandwort, Thread-leaved Sandwort: Arenaria capillaris var. americana (Synonyms: Arenaria capillaris ssp. americana, Eremogone americana) - Fescue Sandwort, Slender Mountain Sandwort, Thread-leaved Sandwort: Arenaria capillaris var. americana (Synonyms: Arenaria capillaris ssp. americana, Eremogone americana)

Slender mountain sandwort as seen at left at bout 6900' along the Climber's Trail along the south rim of Hellroaring Valley, Bird Creek Meadows, Mount Adams........July 29, 2022. Slender mountain sandwort as seen at right at bout 6900' along the Climber's Trail along the south rim of Hellroaring Valley, Bird Creek Meadows, Mount Adams........July 29, 2022.


Paul Slichter