Minuartia biflora (L.) Schinz & Thell.
 
FamilyCaryophyllaceae — APG family: Caryophyllaceae
SynonymsAlsine biflora (L.) Wahlenb., Alsinanthe biflora (L.) Rchb., Stellaria biflora L., Arenaria sajanensis Willd.
DescriptionTufted, light green, lacking long basal shoots; leaves obtuse or somewhat acute, nerveless, glandular, ciliated; stem glandular, single- or 2-flowered; sepals obovate- oblong, blunt, 3-nerved, somewhat glandular-pubescent, shorter than petals; capsule longer than petals; seeds glabrous or slightly tuberculate. '
EcologyDry places, snow beds, in the mountains.
Hultén's Flora About

This is a digital representation of Eric Hultén’s ‘Flora of Alaska and Neighboring Territories: A Manual of the Vascular Plants’, which was published by Stanford University Press in 1968. The book was digitized by C. Webb (at UAMN) as part of the Flora of Alaska project, with funding by the US NSF (Grant 1759964 to Ickert-Bond & Webb), and with permission of Stanford University Press. Data and images © 1968 Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Jr. Univ. Usage licence: Creative Commons BY-NC-SA 4.0. NB: You may find OCR errors; please refer to the hard-copy if in doubt.