''Minuartia nuttallii'' is a species of flowering plant in the family Caryophyllaceae known by the common names Nuttall's sandwort and brittle sandwort. It is native to western North America from southwestern Canada to California and Nevada, where it grows in several types of habitat, including rocky and barren ridges,

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Description

''Minuartia nuttallii'' is a rhizomatous perennial herb forming low mats of glandular, hairy herbage. The thin, rigid, sometimes needlelike leaves may be just over a centimeter long but are barely a millimeter wide. The small flowers have five white petals usually under a centimeter long and ribbed, pointed sepals.

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Jepson Manual TreatmentUSDA Plants ProfileFlora of North AmericaPhoto gallery
nuttallii Flora of California Flora of Nevada Flora of Idaho Flora of the West Coast of the United States Flora of the Cascade Range Flora of the Klamath Mountains Flora of the Sierra Nevada (United States) Natural history of the California Coast Ranges Flora without expected TNC conservation status {{Caryophyllaceae-stub