[Sandworts: The Genus Eremogone in the Cascade Mts. of Oregon and Washington]

Fescue Sandwort, Mountain Sandwort, Slender Mt. Sandwort, Threadleaf Sandwort

Eremogone capillaris var. americana

Synonym: Arenaria capillaris ssp. americana

Fescue Sandwort, Mountain Sandwort, Slender Mt. Sandwort, Threadleaf Sandwort: Eremogone capillaris var. americana (Synonym: Arenaria capillaris ssp. americana) - Fescue Sandwort, Mountain Sandwort, Slender Mt. Sandwort, Threadleaf Sandwort: Eremogone capillaris var. americana (Synonym: Arenaria capillaris ssp. americana)

Threadleaf sandwort blooming at left atop a bald above the South Tieton Trail #1120 about one and one-half miles upstream from the Conrad Meadows Trailhead, Wenatchee National Forest..........June 28, 2013. The photo at right shows threadleaf sandwort in bloom with alpine asters (Oreostemma alpigenum) along the Timberline Trail between the Cooper Spur trailhead and Lambertson Butte, Mount Hood Wilderness......July 18, 2021.

Fescue Sandwort, Mountain Sandwort, Slender Mt. Sandwort, Threadleaf Sandwort: Eremogone capillaris var. americana (Synonym: Arenaria capillaris ssp. americana)

A nice mat of threadleaf sandwort blooming on the summit ridge of Lookout Mountain, northern edge of Badger Creek Wilderness...........June 21, 2014.

Fescue Sandwort, Mountain Sandwort, Slender Mt. Sandwort, Threadleaf Sandwort: Eremogone capillaris var. americana (Synonym: Arenaria capillaris ssp. americana)

Threadleaf sandwort as seen on a gravel bar in the South Fork Conrad Creek about 100 meters upstream from a creek crossing of an old pack trail (which heads north to North Fork Conrad Creek and the Devils Horn), Goat Rocks Wilderness.........July 23, 2016.

Fescue Sandwort, Mountain Sandwort, Slender Mt. Sandwort, Threadleaf Sandwort: Eremogone capillaris var. americana (Synonym: Arenaria capillaris ssp. americana) - Fescue Sandwort, Mountain Sandwort, Slender Mt. Sandwort, Threadleaf Sandwort: Eremogone capillaris var. americana (Synonym: Arenaria capillaris ssp. americana) - Fescue Sandwort, Mountain Sandwort, Slender Mt. Sandwort, Threadleaf Sandwort: Eremogone capillaris var. americana (Synonym: Arenaria capillaris ssp. americana)

Threadleaf sandwort blooming on the summit ridge of Lookout Mountain, northern edge of Badger Creek Wilderness...........June 29, 2023.

Fescue Sandwort, Mountain Sandwort, Slender Mt. Sandwort, Threadleaf Sandwort: Eremogone capillaris var. americana (Synonym: Arenaria capillaris ssp. americana)

Threadleaf sandwort blooming at a rocky outcrop along the Strawberry Mountain Trail #220 about one-half mile south of the summit of Strawberry Mountain, eastern edge of Mount Saint Helens National Monument.........June 21, 2015.

Paul Slichter