Colobanthus quitensis

Colobanthus quitensis
	Antarctic pearlwort at St. Andrews Bay, South Georgia
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Order:	Caryophyllales
Family:	Caryophyllaceae
Genus:	Colobanthus
Species:	C. quitensis
Binomial name
	Colobanthus quitensis; (Kunth) Bartl.
Synonyms
	Colobanthus alatus Pax ; Colobanthus aretioides Gillies ex Hook. ; Colobanthus billardieri Fenzl ; Colobanthus cherlerioides Hook.f. ; Colobanthus crassifolius (d'Urv.) Hook.f. ; Colobanthus maclovianus Gand. ; Colobanthus meingeni Phil. ; Colobanthus saginoides Bartl. ; Sagina crassifolia d'Urv. ; Sagina graminifolia Wedd. ; Sagina magellanica Willd. ex F.Phil. ; Sagina quitensis Kunth ;

Colobanthus quitensis, the Antarctic pearlwort, is one of two native flowering plants found in the Antarctic region.^[2] It has yellow flowers and grows about 5 cm (two inches) tall, with a cushion-like growth habit that gives it a moss-like appearance.

^ ^a ^b "Colobanthus quitensis". Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 27 January 2020.
^ Kozeretska, Iryna (2005), THE HERBARIUM OF ANTARCTIC VASCULAR PLANTS, National Taras Shevchenko University of Kyiv, retrieved 9 February 2015

[POWO-1] "Colobanthus quitensis". Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 27 January 2020.

[2] Kozeretska, Iryna (2005), THE HERBARIUM OF ANTARCTIC VASCULAR PLANTS, National Taras Shevchenko University of Kyiv, retrieved 9 February 2015

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