OF THE CAROLINAS & GEORGIA

Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Caryophyllales

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Arenaria lanuginosa var. lanuginosa   FAMILY Caryophyllaceae   Go to FSUS key



INCLUDING PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Arenaria lanuginosa ssp. lanuginosa var. lanuginosa   FAMILY Caryophyllaceae

INCLUDING Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)

Arenaria lanuginosa ssp. lanuginosa var. lanuginosa

INCLUDING Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)

Arenaria lanuginosa ssp. lanuginosa var. longepedunculata

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 5 (2005)

Arenaria lanuginosa var. lanuginosa

INCLUDED WITHIN VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 071-11-003:

Arenaria lanuginosa   FAMILY Caryophyllaceae

INCLUDED WITHIN Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)

Arenaria lanuginosa

 

COMMON NAME:
Spreading Sandwort


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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Arenaria lanuginosa var. lanuginosa   FAMILY Caryophyllaceae

INCLUDING PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Arenaria lanuginosa ssp. lanuginosa var. lanuginosa   FAMILY Caryophyllaceae

INCLUDING Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Arenaria lanuginosa ssp. lanuginosa var. lanuginosa

INCLUDING Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Arenaria lanuginosa ssp. lanuginosa var. longepedunculata

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 5
Arenaria lanuginosa var. lanuginosa

INCLUDED WITHIN VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 071-11-003:
Arenaria lanuginosa   FAMILY Caryophyllaceae

INCLUDED WITHIN Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Arenaria lanuginosa

 

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3912

Forb
Perennial

Habitat: dunes, maritime forests, coquina limestone outcrops, other rocky bluffs, per Weakley's Flora

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

Uncommon in Coastal Plain of GA & SC (rare elsewhere in GA-NC-SC)

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LEAVES:
Simple
Opposite, usually connate basally

FLOWER:
Spring/Summer
White
Radially symmetrical
5 sepals
5 petals
Superior ovary
Bisexual

Flowers in leaf axils

FRUIT:
Spring/Summer
Capsule

 

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