Alpine Sandwort
Minuartia obtusiloba
Alpine sandwort builds dense emerald cushions studded with tiny white star flowers, hugging high, windswept fellfields. A choice, durable miniature for troughs and crevice gardens.
- Family
- Caryophyllaceae
- Type
- shrub
- Lifespan
- perennial
- Height
- 0.1–0.3 ft
- Spacing
- 0.5–1 ft apart
- Light
- sun
- Soil moisture
- dry
- Soil pH
- neutral
- Bloom
- July, August
- Bloom colors
- white
- Wildlife value
- pollinators
- Landscape uses
- foundation, container
- Native states
- AK, AZ, CO, ID, MT, NM, NV, OR, UT, WA, WY