PLANTS Profile for Minuartia caroliniana (pine barren stitchwort)

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PLANTS Profile

Minuartia caroliniana (Walter) Mattf.
pine barren stitchwort

Symbol:

MICA8

Group:

Dicot

Family:

Caryophyllaceae

Duration:

Perennial

Growth Habit:

Forb/herb

Native Status:

L48

Photo of Minuartia caroliniana (Walter) Mattf.

Arenaria caroliniana

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Minuartia caroliniana (Walter) Mattf.

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Synonyms:
Minuartia caroliniana (Walter) Mattf.

	ARCA31	Arenaria caroliniana Walter
	MICA15	Minuopsis caroliniana (Walter) W.A. Weber
	SACA33	Sabulina caroliniana (Walter) Small

Distribution:
Minuartia caroliniana (Walter) Mattf.


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USA (DE, FL, GA, MD, NC, NJ, NY, RI, SC, VA)

Related Taxa:
Minuartia caroliniana (Walter) Mattf.

View 42 genera in Caryophyllaceae, 38 species in Minuartia

Classification:
Minuartia caroliniana (Walter) Mattf.

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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 caroliniana (Walter) Mattf. – pine barren stitchwort

Threatened and Endangered Information:
Minuartia caroliniana (Walter) Mattf.

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.

New York:
Pine-Barren sandwort		Rare
Rhode Island:
Arenaria caroliniana
Pine Barren sandwort		Historical

More Accounts and Images:
Minuartia caroliniana (Walter) Mattf.

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

View species account, photographs, and distribution from USF Atlas of Florida Vascular Plants.

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 19988.

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

Time Generated: 10/27/2008 01:56 AM MDT