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Filiform Rockjasmine - Androsace filiformis
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Native Species
Global Rank :
G4
State Rank :
SNR
C-value :
4
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General Description
Mostly glabrous, fibrous-rooted annual. Scapes numerous, 1–10 cm. Leaves petiolate; the blade lanceolate to ovate, 3–20 mm long, dentate. Umbel several-flowered, diffuse, subtended by minute, lanceolate bracts; pedicels 10–35 mm long, glabrous or glandular. Flowers: corolla white, 2–3 mm across; calyx hemispheric, ca. 2 mm long. Capsules ca. 2 mm across (
Lesica et al. 2012. Manual of Montana Vascular Plants. BRIT Press. Fort Worth, TX ).
Species Range
Montana Range
Range Descriptions
Native
Range Comments
BC, MT south to CA, UT, CO and Eurasia. (Lesica et al. 2012. Manual of Montana Vascular Plants. BRIT Press. Fort Worth, TX ).
Observations in Montana Natural Heritage Program Database
Number of Observations: 31
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Relative Density
Recency
(Observations spanning multiple months or years are excluded from time charts)
Habitat
Vernally moist to wet, sparsely-vegetated soil of meadows, along lakes, streams, ditches; valleys to subalpine (
Lesica et al. 2012. Manual of Montana Vascular Plants. BRIT Press. Fort Worth, TX ).
Stewardship Responsibility
References
Literature Cited AboveLegend: View Online Publication Lesica, P., M.T. Lavin, and P.F. Stickney. 2012. Manual of Montana Vascular Plants. Fort Worth, TX: BRIT Press. viii + 771 p.
Additional ReferencesLegend: View Online Publication Do you know of a citation we're missing? Culver, D.R. 1994. Floristic analysis of the Centennial Region, Montana. M.Sc. Thesis. Montana State University, Bozeman. 199 pp. Jones, W. W. 1901. Preliminary flora of Gallatin County. M.S. Thesis. Bozeman, MT: Montana State College. 78 pp. Lesica, P., M.T. Lavin, and P.F. Stickney. 2022. Manual of Montana Vascular Plants, Second Edition. Fort Worth, TX: BRIT Press. viii + 779 p.
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