Sabulina rosei

Peanut sandwort

Family: Caryophyllaceae · Type: perennial · Native

Conservation status: CNPS 4.2

Peanut sandwort is a California native perennial ranked 4.2 by CNPS, found in the Klamath Ranges and northern Coast Ranges on open serpentine slopes with scattered oak and Jeffrey pine at elevations of 750 to 1,350 meters. Flowering from spring to summer, this plant produces white flowers in delicate clusters with petals slightly longer than its narrow, acute sepals. Growing as a mat-forming herb with trailing stems 5 to 20 centimeters tall, it forms dense, low-growing patches with a substantial taproot. Its needle-like leaves are 4 to 15 millimeters long, less than 1.2 millimeters wide, and evenly spaced along slender, flexible stems. The tiny seeds are 2.3 to 2.8 millimeters long with thick margins ranging from red-brown to brown.

Habitat: Open serpentine slopes with scattered oak, Jeffrey pine

Bloom period: Spring-summer

Elevation: 750-1350 m

Bioregions: KR, NCoRH.

California counties: Trinity, Tehama, Shasta

Data from The California Species Project — 14,000+ California species with verified data from CNPS, CDFW, USFWS, Jepson eFlora, Cal-IPC, and more.