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§1 Plant — species · Caryophyllaceae

Minuartia rubella (Wahlenb.) Hiern.

vernacular beautiful sandwort


USDA
MIRU3
GBIF
7680399
Rank
species
beautiful sandwort (Minuartia rubella)
Platephotograph · dana_yorkCC BY-NC source · iNaturalist ↗

§2Habit & range

Habit and range

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

Native status, by region

  • AK Alaska Native
  • CAN Canada Native
  • GL Greenland 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 9 of 56 Montana counties.


§5Sources & provenance

USDA PLANTS

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

plants.usda.gov/MIRU3 ↗

GBIF Backbone

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

gbif.org/species/7680399 ↗

Record version

Cached and built locally. Source version on this record:

usda-plants-mt-2026-05-25

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