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
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Read more about Arenaria at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
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
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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