Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Caryophyllales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Sabulina patula
FAMILY
Caryophyllaceae
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Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Minuartia patula
FAMILY
Caryophyllaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Mononeuria patula
SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 5 (2005)
Minuartia patula
SYNONYMOUS WITH Britton & Brown Illus Flora of Northeast US & adjacent Canada (Gleason, 1952)
Arenaria patula var. patula
INCLUDED WITHIN Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Sabulina patula
COMMON NAME:
Lime-barren Sandwort, Glade Sandwort
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_arpa27_001_lvd
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Richard and Teresa Ware rtw_minuartia_patula
April
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Richard and Teresa Ware rtw_minuartia_patula_2
April
Sepals acute, with 5 prominent nerves, per Weakley's Flora (2012).
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Sabulina patula
FAMILY
Caryophyllaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Minuartia patula
FAMILY
Caryophyllaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Mononeuria patula
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 5
Minuartia patula
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Britton & Brown Illus Flora of Northeast US & adjacent Canada (Gleason, 1952)
Arenaria patula var. patula
INCLUDED WITHIN
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Sabulina patula
3739
Forb
Annual/Winter annual
Habitat: Rocky barrens of calcareous or mafic rocks, per Weakley's Flora
Native to Georgia
Rare in GA
CLICK HERE to see a map, notes, and images from Weakley's Flora of the Southeastern US.
LEAVES:
Simple
Opposite
FLOWER:
Spring/Summer
White
Radially symmetrical
5 sepals
5 petals
10 stamens
Superior ovary
Usually bisexual
FRUIT:
Spring/Summer
Capsule
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- Field Guide to the Wildflowers of Georgia (Chafin, 2016) p151
- Wildflowers of Tennessee (Carman, 2005) p054
- Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians (Horn, Cathcart, Hemmerly, & Duhl, 2005) p077
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