Blooms: June-August
Habit: herb
Duration: perennial
Origin: Native
Distribution: Known from Kittitas County in Washington; Beaverhead County, Montana, to northeast Oregon, south to Nevada, Utah, and northeast California.
Habitat: Gravelly sagebrush-covered hills at 6000 feet elevation to rocky alpine slopes.
Habit: herb
Duration: perennial
Origin: Native
Distribution: Known from Kittitas County in Washington; Beaverhead County, Montana, to northeast Oregon, south to Nevada, Utah, and northeast California.
Habitat: Gravelly sagebrush-covered hills at 6000 feet elevation to rocky alpine slopes.
Species Description:
General: Tufted perennial from a freely-branched, woody base, forming mats 5-15 cm. broad; flowering stems numerous, 10-20 cm. tall, glandular-pubescent with dark-tipped hairs.
Leaves: Leaves mostly basal, forming thick, prickly cushions, rigid and sharp-pointed, spreading, narrowly linear, 1-2 cm. long and less than 0.5 mm. wide; cauline leaves few, 1-2 pairs, greatly reduced.
Flowers: Flowers several to numerous, in open, diffuse cymes; sepals 5, broadly ovate, 3-4 mm. long, obtuse, wing-margined and purplish-tinged; petals 5, white, nearly twice as long as the sepals; stamens 10; styles 3.
Fruits: Capsule ovoid, about the length of the calyx, dehiscent by 6 teeth.
General: Tufted perennial from a freely-branched, woody base, forming mats 5-15 cm. broad; flowering stems numerous, 10-20 cm. tall, glandular-pubescent with dark-tipped hairs.
Leaves: Leaves mostly basal, forming thick, prickly cushions, rigid and sharp-pointed, spreading, narrowly linear, 1-2 cm. long and less than 0.5 mm. wide; cauline leaves few, 1-2 pairs, greatly reduced.
Flowers: Flowers several to numerous, in open, diffuse cymes; sepals 5, broadly ovate, 3-4 mm. long, obtuse, wing-margined and purplish-tinged; petals 5, white, nearly twice as long as the sepals; stamens 10; styles 3.
Fruits: Capsule ovoid, about the length of the calyx, dehiscent by 6 teeth.
Accepted Name:
Eremogone aculeata (S. Watson) IkonnikovSynonyms:
Arenaria aculeata S. Wats.
Arenaria fendleri A. Gray
Arenaria fendleri A. Gray var. aculeata (S. Watson) S. L. Welsh
Arenaria pumicola Coville & Leiberg
Arenaria pumicola Coville & Leiberg var. californica Maguire
Treated in Flora of the PNW as:
Additional Resources:
PNW Herbaria Specimens: View list of all Eremogone aculeata specimens in the Consortium of Pacific Northwest Herbaria database.
WTU Herbarium Specimens: View list of Eremogone aculeata specimens in the WTU Herbarium database.
Washington Flora Checklist: Eremogone aculeata treatment.
E-Flora BC: Eremogone aculeata atlas page.
CalPhotos: Eremogone aculeata images.
USDA Plants Database: Eremogone aculeata.
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