Minuartia nuttallii (Pax) Briq. var. fragilis (Maguire & A.H. Holmgren) Rabeler & R.L. Hartman
[= Sabulina nuttallii var. fragilis]
Annotated by Ben Legler, Apr 2016.

Washington: Grant County: [locality and coordinates withheld; status in Washington: G5T4/S1 (Threatened; WANHP)],
Steep, north facing, fractured basalt rock outcrops above sandy vegetated slope and above sand dunes, with Eriogonum sphaerocephalum, Phlox hoodii, Monardella odoratissima. Robust plant forming a dense mound ca 6 dm diameter; stems glandular pubescent, to ca 15 cm tall, just beginning to flower; new leaves soft, older leaves rigid and spinescent; sepals softly spinescent; petals white; plants uncommon, one seen here, and two more about 200 meters to southwest on west-facing outcrops. Photographed. Phenology: Flowers.

Ben Legler 14024, Apr 10, 2016
WTU