Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Caryophyllales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Sabulina paludicola
FAMILY
Caryophyllaceae
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Read more about Godfrey's Sandwort at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Minuartia godfreyi
FAMILY
Caryophyllaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Mononeuria paludicola
SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 5 (2005)
Minuartia godfreyi
SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 071-11-006:
Arenaria godfreyi FAMILY Caryophyllaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH (MISAPPLIED) Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Sabulina uniflora
COMMON NAME:
Godfrey's Sandwort
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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Sabulina paludicola
FAMILY
Caryophyllaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Minuartia godfreyi
FAMILY
Caryophyllaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Mononeuria paludicola
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 5
Minuartia godfreyi
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 071-11-006:
Arenaria godfreyi
FAMILY
Caryophyllaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH (MISAPPLIED)
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Sabulina uniflora
3147
Forb
Perennial
Habitat: Tidal freshwater marshes, other wetlands, per Weakley's Flora
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Rare (with isolated and scattered locations in the Coastal Plain & Mountains)
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LEAVES:
Simple
Opposite
FLOWER:
Spring/Summer
White
Radially symmetrical
5 sepals
5 petals
5-10 stamens
Superior ovary
Usually bisexual
FRUIT:
Spring/Summer
Capsule
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