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§1 Plant
Arenaria congesta Nutt.
vernacular ballhead sandwort — species · Caryophyllaceae
§2Habit & range
Habit and range
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb, Subshrub
- Duration
- Perennial
- Group
- Dicot
- Family
- Caryophyllaceae Juss.
- Genus
- Arenaria
Native status, by region
- CAN Canada Native
- L48 Lower 48 States Native
County-level range
· 168 counties across 10 states/territories§3Cultivation
No cultivation specs.
USDA has not characterised this taxon. Roughly four out of five plants in the database lack the detailed cultivation record present here — typically because they have not been the focus of NRCS Plant Materials work. Range and distribution data are unaffected.
§4Counties, by state
Recorded in 168 counties across 10 states/territories.
Arizona view state ↗ 1 N ▾
California view state ↗ 24 N ▾
- Alpine 06003
- Butte 06007
- Colusa 06011
- Del Norte 06015
- El Dorado 06017
- Fresno 06019
- Glenn 06021
- Humboldt 06023
- Inyo 06027
- Lake 06033
- Lassen 06035
- Mariposa 06043
- Mendocino 06045
- Modoc 06049
- Nevada 06057
- Placer 06061
- Plumas 06063
- San Bernardino 06071
- Shasta 06089
- Sierra 06091
- Siskiyou 06093
- Tehama 06103
- Trinity 06105
- Tulare 06107
Colorado view state ↗ 14 N ▾
Idaho view state ↗ 32 N ▾
- Ada 16001
- Bannock 16005
- Bear Lake 16007
- Benewah 16009
- Blaine 16013
- Boise 16015
- Bonneville 16019
- Butte 16023
- Caribou 16029
- Cassia 16031
- Clark 16033
- Clearwater 16035
- Custer 16037
- Elmore 16039
- Franklin 16041
- Fremont 16043
- Gooding 16047
- Idaho 16049
- Kootenai 16055
- Latah 16057
- Lemhi 16059
- Lincoln 16063
- Madison 16065
- Nez Perce 16069
- Owyhee 16073
- Payette 16075
- Power 16077
- Shoshone 16079
- Teton 16081
- Twin Falls 16083
- Valley 16085
- Washington 16087
Montana view state ↗ 30 N ▾
- Beaverhead 30001
- Big Horn 30003
- Broadwater 30007
- Carbon 30009
- Cascade 30013
- Chouteau 30015
- Fergus 30027
- Flathead 30029
- Gallatin 30031
- Glacier 30035
- Granite 30039
- Hill 30041
- Jefferson 30043
- Judith Basin 30045
- Lake 30047
- Lewis and Clark 30049
- Madison 30057
- Meagher 30059
- Mineral 30061
- Missoula 30063
- Park 30067
- Phillips 30071
- Powell 30077
- Ravalli 30081
- Sanders 30089
- Silver Bow 30093
- Stillwater 30095
- Sweet Grass 30097
- Teton 30099
- Wheatland 30107
Nevada view state ↗ 7 N ▾
Oregon view state ↗ 17 N ▾
Utah view state ↗ 15 N ▾
Washington view state ↗ 13 N ▾
§5Sources & provenance
USDA PLANTS
Symbol, taxonomy, distribution, cultivation specs, native status. Public domain.
plants.usda.gov/ARCO5 ↗GBIF Backbone
Canonical taxonomic identity, synonym resolution, cross-refs. CC0.
gbif.org/species/6364619 ↗Record version
Cached and built locally. Source version on this record:
usda-plants-mt-2026-05-26
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