Vascular Plants of Henry W. Coe State Park, published by Mindbird Maps & Books

Minuartia sp.
Sandwort

A member of the Caryophyllaceae, or Pink Family


Habit, on an overcast day.  The flowers droop and are partly closed
when it is not sunny.

This is probably Douglas' Sandwort (Minuartia douglasii).

North end of Willow Ridge along Willow Ridge Road.

7 June 1997.


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