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 serpyllifolia   FAMILY Caryophyllaceae   Go to FSUS key



INCLUDED WITHIN PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Arenaria serpyllifolia   FAMILY Caryophyllaceae

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

Arenaria serpyllifolia

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2015)

Arenaria serpyllifolia var. serpyllifolia

SYNONYMOUS WITH Guide to the Vascular Plants of Florida (Wunderlin & Hansen, 2011)

Arenaria serpyllifolia ssp. serpyllifolia

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

Arenaria serpyllifolia var. serpyllifolia

INCLUDED WITHIN VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 071-11-002:

Arenaria serpyllifolia   FAMILY Caryophyllaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)

Arenaria serpyllifolia

 

COMMON NAME:
Large Thymeleaf Sandwort


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image of Arenaria serpyllifolia, Large Thymeleaf Sandwort

USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913    pnd_arse2_001_lvd

        

image of Arenaria serpyllifolia, Large Thymeleaf Sandwort

Joseph M. DiTomaso, University of California - Davis, Bugwood.org    bug_5374814

Month Unknown        

Leaves ovate, 3-8mm long, 1-4mm wide, per Weakley's Flora (2022).

image of Arenaria serpyllifolia, Large Thymeleaf Sandwort

Forest and Kim Starr, Starr Environmental, Bugwood.org     bug_5416786

Month Unknown        

image of Arenaria serpyllifolia, Large Thymeleaf Sandwort

Forest and Kim Starr, Starr Environmental, Bugwood.org     bug_5416797

Month Unknown        

 

 

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

INCLUDED WITHIN PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Arenaria serpyllifolia   FAMILY Caryophyllaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Arenaria serpyllifolia

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2015)
Arenaria serpyllifolia var. serpyllifolia

SYNONYMOUS WITH Guide to the Vascular Plants of Florida (Wunderlin & Hansen, 2011)
Arenaria serpyllifolia ssp. serpyllifolia

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

INCLUDED WITHIN VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 071-11-002:
Arenaria serpyllifolia   FAMILY Caryophyllaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Arenaria serpyllifolia

 

Find by SCIENTIFIC NAME:

3205

Forb
Annual

Habitat: Disturbed areas, per Weakley's Flora

Non-native: Eurasia

Common in Carolina Mountains & Carolina Coastal Plain (uncommon elsewhere in GA-NC-SC)

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Invasive?

This plant may be causing problems in natural areas outside its native range, according to authorities such as:

 

LEAVES:
Simple
Opposite, often connate basally

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

FRUIT:
Spring/Summer
Capsule

 

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