Cardionema ramosissimum (Weinm.) A. Nelson & J.F. Macbr.
sandmat (Sandcarpet)
Caryophyllaceae (Pink family)

Introduction to Vascular Plants

Photograph

© Ryan Batten     (Photo ID #53117)


Map

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Distribution of Cardionema ramosissimum
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Introduction

Sandcarpet is a perennial (sometimes annual/biennial), prickly, mat-forming species that is found in North America in California, Oregon, Washington and British Columbia (USDA 2011). It was reported for British Columbia by Frank Lomer in 2006 on a logging roadbed proximal to the ocean, and is currently known from only a single location at the mouth of Muir Creek, west of Sooke, Vancouver Island. It is thought to be introduced. Habitat for this species includes "backshores of sandy beaches and on sandy soils around salt marshes" (Kozloff 2005) and "sandy beaches and hills, dunes, bluffs" (Hickman 1993).

Synonyms

Synonyms and Alternate Names:
Cardionema ramosissima

References

Hickman, James C. (ed.). 1993. The Jepson Manual Higher Plants of California. University of California Press, Berkeley.

Kozloff, Eugene N. 2005. Plants of western Oregon, Washington, and British Columbia. Timber Press, Oregon.