Colobanthus
Colobanthus is a large genus of small, cushion-like herbaceous plants, sometimes known as "pearlworts", a name they share with plants of the related genus Sagina. C. quitensis is the world's southernmost dicot, and one of only two native extant flowering plants of Antarctica.
22 branches of this genus, most-observed first
Colobanthus muelleri
speciesColobanthus muelleri
Antarctic Pearlwort
speciesColobanthus quitensis
Colobanthus acicularis
speciesColobanthus acicularis
Colobanthus buchananii
speciesColobanthus buchananii
Colobanthus brevisepalus
speciesColobanthus brevisepalus
Colobanthus strictus
speciesColobanthus strictus
Colobanthus apetalus
speciesColobanthus apetalus
Colobanthus affinis
speciesColobanthus affinis
Emerald-bog
speciesColobanthus subulatus
Colobanthus muscoides
speciesColobanthus muscoides
Colobanthus wallii
speciesColobanthus wallii
Colobanthus lycopodioides
speciesColobanthus lycopodioides
Colobanthus squarrosus
speciesColobanthus squarrosus
cushion cupflower
speciesColobanthus pulvinatus
Colobanthus canaliculatus
speciesColobanthus canaliculatus
Colobanthus hookeri
speciesColobanthus hookeri
Colobanthus kerguelensis
speciesColobanthus kerguelensis
Colobanthus monticola
speciesColobanthus monticola
Colobanthus masonae
speciesColobanthus masonae
Colobanthus bolivianus
speciesColobanthus bolivianus
Colobanthus nivicola
speciesColobanthus nivicola
Colobanthus curtisiae
speciesColobanthus curtisiae
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 378857.