Data provided by the participants of the Consortium of California Herbaria

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Minuartia douglasii is a species of flowering plant in the pink family known by the common name Douglas' stitchwort. It is native to the chaparral and oak woodlands in much of California, southern Oregon, and parts of Arizona. It is an annual herb growing to a maximum height of 30 centimeters with a slender green or purplish stem which sometimes has thin branches. The threadlike, curling leaves may be up to 4 centimeters long but are under a millimeter wide. The small flower has five white petals each a few millimeters long and smaller, ribbed sepals.

Plant type

Annual herb

Size

1 ft Tall

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Color

White

Sun

Full Sun, Partial Shade

Soil drainage

Fast

Sunset Zones

1, 2, 6, 7*, 8, 9*, 10, 11, 14*, 15*, 16*, 17*, 18*, 19*, 20*, 21*, 22*, 23*, 24*

Site type

Rocky and sandy slopes and flats

Plant communities

Chaparral, Foothill Woodland, Lodgepole Forest, Red Fir Forest, Valley Grassland, Yellow Pine Forest