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§1 Plant — species · Caryophyllaceae

Minuartia obtusiloba (Rydb.) House

vernacular twinflower sandwort


USDA
MIOB2
GBIF
8375485 syn.
Rank
species
twinflower sandwort (Minuartia obtusiloba)
Platephotograph · Greg PappasCC BY-NC source · iNaturalist ↗

§2Habit & range

Habit and range

Growth habit
Forb/herb, Subshrub
Duration
Perennial
Group
Dicot
Family
Caryophyllaceae Juss.
Genus
Minuartia
§2a

Native status, by region

  • AK Alaska Native
  • CAN Canada Native
  • L48 Lower 48 States Native

§3Cultivation

No cultivation specs.

USDA has not characterised this taxon. Roughly four out of five plants in the database lack the detailed cultivation record present here — typically because they have not been the focus of NRCS Plant Materials work. Range and distribution data are unaffected.


§4Montana distribution

Recorded in 13 of 56 Montana counties.


§5Sources & provenance

USDA PLANTS

Symbol, taxonomy, distribution, cultivation specs, native status. Public domain.

plants.usda.gov/MIOB2 ↗

GBIF Backbone

Canonical taxonomic identity, synonym resolution, cross-refs. CC0.

gbif.org/species/8375485 ↗

Record version

Cached and built locally. Source version on this record:

usda-plants-mt-2026-05-25

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