PLANTS Profile for Minuartia groenlandica (Greenland stitchwort)

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Minuartia groenlandica (Retz.) Ostenf.
Greenland stitchwort

Symbol:

MIGR7

Group:

Dicot

Family:

Caryophyllaceae

Duration:

Perennial

Growth Habit:

Forb/herb

Native Status:

L48		N
CAN		N
GL		N

Photo of Minuartia groenlandica (Retz.) Ostenf.

Arenaria groenlandica

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Minuartia groenlandica (Retz.) Ostenf.

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Synonyms:
Minuartia groenlandica (Retz.) Ostenf.

	ARGR9	Arenaria groenlandica (Retz.) Spreng.
	POGR18	Porsildia groenlandica (Retz.) A. Löve & D. Löve
	SAGR18	Sabulina groenlandica (Retz.) Small
	STLA8	Stellaria labradorica Schrenk

Distribution:
Minuartia groenlandica (Retz.) Ostenf.


View Native Status

See U.S. county distributions (when available) by clicking on the map or the linked states below:
USA (ME, NC, NH, NY, TN, VA, VT), CAN (LB, NF, NS, NU, ON, QC), DEN (GL)

Related Taxa:
Minuartia groenlandica (Retz.) Ostenf.

View 42 genera in Caryophyllaceae, 38 species in Minuartia

Classification:
Minuartia groenlandica (Retz.) Ostenf.

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Kingdom	Plantae – Plants
Subkingdom	Tracheobionta – Vascular plants
Superdivision	Spermatophyta – Seed plants
Division	Magnoliophyta – Flowering plants
Class	Magnoliopsida – Dicotyledons
Subclass	Caryophyllidae
Order	Caryophyllales
Family	Caryophyllaceae – Pink family
Genus	Minuartia L. – stitchwort
Species	Minuartia groenlandica (Retz.) Ostenf. – Greenland stitchwort

Threatened and Endangered Information:
Minuartia groenlandica (Retz.) Ostenf.

This plant and synonym italicized and indented below are listed by the U.S. federal government or a state. Common names are from state and federal lists. Click on a place name to get a complete protected plant list for that location.

Maine:
mountain sandwort		Special Concern
Tennessee:
Arenaria groenlandica
mountain sandwort		Endangered

More Accounts and Images:
Minuartia groenlandica (Retz.) Ostenf.

View species account and distribution map from Flora of North America (FNA).

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 19997.

View species account from Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center Native Plant Information Network (NPIN).

View photographs and distribution from University of Tennessee Herbarium.

Time Generated: 10/24/2008 01:37 PM MDT