Alpine False Candytuft - Candytuft Wildflowers

Mark Turner
Turner Photographics
2414 C Street
Bellingham, WA 98225 USA

Phone: 360-671-6851
Email: mark@turnerphotographics.com

Cushion small, leaves and stems densely coated with white hairs. Basal leaves divided pinnately, segments entire or toothed, petioles hairless. Stems with few leaves topped with flowers. Flowers composed of 4 small spoon-shaped petals held in a cup of 4 shorter hairy sepals. Seedpod egg-shaped, less than 1/5 in. long. Grows in rocky places in alpine. Highest-growing plant on Mount Rainier. Very similar to S. calycina var. americana, which is larger, with hairs on the petioles.

Rarity: Rare
Flowering Time: Mid Summer
Life Cycle: Perennial
Height: Under 6 inches
Habitat: Alpine
Found In: Mt. Rainier NP, Cascade Mts., Mt. Lassen, N Cascades NP
Native: Yes

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