''Cherleria obtusiloba'' is a perennial alpine herb known by the common names alpine sandwort and twinflower stitchwort. It is native to the mountains of western North America from the
High Sierra of California to the
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north to Alaska, and to far northeastern Russia (Magadan, Kamchatka, and Yakutia).
[ This is a low plant forming mats or clumps and bearing small thimble-shaped flowers with curving white petals.
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References
External links
Jepson Manual TreatmentUSDA Plants ProfileFlora of North AmericaPhoto gallery
Caryophyllaceae
Alpine flora
Flora of Alaska
Flora of British Columbia
Flora of California
Flora of the Rocky Mountains
Flora of the Sierra Nevada (United States)
Flora of the Western United States
Flora of Magadan Oblast
Flora of Kamchatka Krai
Flora without expected TNC conservation status
Flora of Siberia
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