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)](../../../../../cascade/5petal/pink/minuartia/rubella/rubella1c.jpg)
Boreal sandwort
![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)](../../../../../cascade/5petal/pink/minuartia/rubella/rubella1b.jpg)
Close-up of a flower of boreal sandwort as seen on the steep rocky slopes.
![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)](../../../../../cascade/5petal/pink/minuartia/rubella/rubella1a.jpg)
Boreal sandwort as seen on the steep rocky slopes.
Paul Slichter