Vascular Plant Herbarium

Vascular Plant Database Genus Results

Category: Dicots
Family Name: Caryophyllaceae

Minuartia - [maps | photos]

• Minuartia cumberlandensis (Wofford & Kral) McNeill (TN Endangered)  (Fed Listed Endangered)
  Common Name: Cumberland sandwort
  Synonyms:
  

         • Arenaria cumberlandensis Wofford & Kral

• Minuartia glabra (Michx.) Mattf.
  Common Name: Appalachian sandwort
  Synonyms:
  

         • Arenaria groenlandica (Retz.) Spreng. var. glabra (Michx.) Fern.

         • Arenaria glabra Michx.

• Minuartia godfreyi (Shinners) McNeill (TN Endangered)
  Common Name: Godfrey's sandwort
  Synonyms:
  

         • Arenaria godfreyi Shinners

• Minuartia groenlandica (Retz.) Ostenf. (TN Endangered)
  Common Name: Greenland sandwort
  Synonyms:
  

         • Arenaria groenlandica (Retz.) Spreng.

• Minuartia muscorum (Fassett) Rabeler (TN Special Concern)
  Common Name: Dixie Sandwort
  Synonyms:
  

         • Arenaria patula Michx. Var. robusta (Steyermark) Maguire

• Minuartia patula (Michx.) Mattf.
  Common Name: pitcher's sandwort
  Synonyms:
  

         • Arenaria patula Michx.

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*Non-native taxon known to be naturalized in Tennessee

All names & statuses follow the Guide to the Vascular Plants of Tennessee (2015).
Click here for a description of rare, threatened, or endangered (RTE) status & National Wetland Indicator (NWI) status.

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