Serpentine Stitchwort

Cherleria marcescens, the serpentine stitchwort or minuartie de la serpentine, is a perennial herbaceous plant found growing in the barren rocky serpentine habitats of Quebec, Newfoundland, and Vermont. The name marcescens refers to the characteristic of the plant in which the leaves die and turn brown but remain attached. Cherleria marcescens was first described as Arenaria marcescens by M. L. Fernald in 1906. It was subsequently transferred to the genus Minuartia by Homer Doliver House in 1921 and to Cherleria by Moore & Dillenberger in 2017.

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Is it poisonous?

We have no record of Serpentine Stitchwort being toxic, poisonous or venomous. That is not proof that it is safe. Never eat, touch or handle a wild plant, mushroom or animal on the strength of an identification; ask someone qualified.

Easily confused with

• Cherleria arctica
• Pseudocherleria macrocarpa
• Pseudocherleria imbricata
• Cherleria obtusiloba
• Cherleria biflora
• Arenaria pseudofrigida

Classification

Kingdom

Plantae

Phylum

Tracheophyta

Class

Magnoliopsida

Order

Caryophyllales

Family

Caryophyllaceae

Genus

Cherleria

Species

Cherleria marcescens

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