Colobanthus



Colobanthus is a large genus of small, cushion-like herbaceous plants in the family Caryophyllaceae, 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.

Selected species

 * Colobanthus acicularis Hook. f.
 * Colobanthus affinis (Hook) Hook. f.
 * Colobanthus apetalus (Labill.) Druce synonym = Spergula apetala
 * Colobanthus bolivianus Pax
 * Colobanthus brevisepalus Kirk
 * Colobanthus buchananii Kirk
 * Colobanthus caespitosus Colenso
 * Colobanthus canaliculatus Kirk
 * Colobanthus curtisiae J.G. West
 * Colobanthus diffusus Hook. f.
 * Colobanthus hookeri Cheeseman
 * Colobanthus kerguelensis Hook. f.


 * Colobanthus lycopodoides Griseb.
 * Colobanthus masonae L.B. Moore
 * Colobanthus monticola Petrie
 * Colobanthus muelleri Kirk = C. billardieri var. brachypoda
 * Colobanthus muscoides Hook. f.
 * Colobanthus nivicola M. Gray


 * Colobanthus pulvinatus F. Muell.
 * Colobanthus quitensis (Kunth) Bartl., = C. alatus, C. aretioides, C. billardieri, C. cherlerioides, C. crassifolius, C. crassifolius var. aretioides, C.  maclovianus, C. meingeni, C. quitensis var. alatus, C. saginoides, Sagina crassifolia, S. quitensis, Spergula affinis?
 * Colobanthus repens Colenso
 * Colobanthus squarrosus Cheeseman
 * Colobanthus strictus (Cheeseman) Cheeseman
 * Colobanthus subulatus (d'Urv.) Hook. f.
 * Colobanthus wallii Petrie