''Eremogone franklinii'' is a

species A species () is often defined as the largest group of organisms in which any two individuals of the appropriate sexes or mating types can produce fertile offspring, typically by sexual reproduction. It is the basic unit of Taxonomy (biology), ...

of perennial herb in the

Caryophyllaceae Caryophyllaceae, commonly called the pink family or carnation family, is a family (biology), family of flowering plants. It is included in the dicotyledon order Caryophyllales in the APG III system, alongside 33 other families, including Amaranth ...

family with the common name Franklin's sandwort. It is native to eastern Washington and Oregon to southern Idaho and northern Nevada.

Description

''Eremogone franklinii'' is a tufted glabrous perennial with a branched base and numerous prostrate or spreading stems that grows up to 10 cm (rarely 15 cm) tall. Each stem is covered with overlapping narrowly triangular leaves with a needle-like tip. Each leaf is 1 to 2 cm long and medium green, often grading to paler green with whitish longitudinal markings near the upper end of each stem. The white flowers form singly or in dense clusters at the tip of each leafy stem. Each flower is about 2 cm across and has 5 pointed green sepals and 5 spreading oblanceolate white petals. Hitchcock, C.L. and Cronquist, A. 2018. Flora of the Pacific Northwest, 2nd Edition, p. 344. University of Washington Press, Seattle.

Range and habitat

''Eremogone franklinii'' grows in open seasonally dry sandy or rocky soils, often associated with scrubby sagebrushes. It is native to eastern Washington and Oregon to southern Idaho and northern Nevada.

Gallery

Image: Eremogone franklinii JHT IMG 4787.jpg, Flower Image: Eremogone franklinii JHT IMG 4788.jpg, Side view

References

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