Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Caryophyllales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (5/21/15):
Arenaria lanuginosa var. lanuginosa
FAMILY
Caryophyllaceae
Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Read more about Arenaria at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
INCLUDING
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Arenaria lanuginosa ssp. lanuginosa var. lanuginosa
FAMILY
Caryophyllaceae
INCLUDING
PLANTS National Database
Arenaria lanuginosa ssp. lanuginosa var. longipedunculata
INCLUDED WITHIN
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 071-11-003:
Arenaria lanuginosa
FAMILY
Caryophyllaceae
COMMON NAME:
Spreading Sandwort
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WEAKLEY'S FLORA (5/21/15):
Arenaria lanuginosa var. lanuginosa
FAMILY
Caryophyllaceae
INCLUDING
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Arenaria lanuginosa ssp. lanuginosa var. lanuginosa
FAMILY
Caryophyllaceae
INCLUDING
PLANTS National Database
Arenaria lanuginosa ssp. lanuginosa var. longipedunculata
INCLUDED WITHIN
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 071-11-003:
Arenaria lanuginosa
FAMILY
Caryophyllaceae
3912
Forb
Perennial
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Documented growing wild in GA NC SC
Uncommon (rare in Piedmont) (rare in NC)
Look for it on dunes, maritime forests, coquina limestone outcrops, per Weakley's Flora
Click here to see a more detailed map from University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Herbarium,
or click here to see a map from SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
LEAVES:
Simple
Opposite, usually connate basally
FLOWER:
Spring/Summer
White
Bisexual
Radially symmetrical
5 sepals
5 petals
Superior ovary
Flowers in leaf axils
FRUIT:
Spring/Summer
Capsule
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