Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Caryophyllales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Geocarpon uniflorum
FAMILY
Caryophyllaceae
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Read more about Piedmont Sandwort at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Minuartia uniflora
FAMILY
Caryophyllaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Mononeuria uniflora
SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 5 (2005)
Minuartia uniflora
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Minuartia uniflora
INCLUDING Aquatic & Wetland Plants of Southeastern US (Godfrey & Wooten, 1979 & 1981)
Arenaria alabamensis
INCLUDING Aquatic & Wetland Plants of Southeastern US (Godfrey & Wooten, 1979 & 1981)
Arenaria uniflora
SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 071-11-004:
Arenaria uniflora FAMILY Caryophyllaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Sabulina brevifolia
INCLUDING -
Minuartia alabamensis
COMMON NAME:
Piedmont Sandwort, One-flower Sandwort
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Keith Bradley kab_m_uniflora_3505
March Lancaster County SC
Forty Acre Rock Heritage Preserve
Stems erect, stem leaves few & reduced in size upward, to 2-5(-7)mm long, per Weakley's Flora (2015).
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JK Marlow jkm130420_557
April Pickens County SC
M. alabamensis has been shown to be a self-pollinating form of M. uniflora, per Weakley's Flora (2022).
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JK Marlow jkm140426_632
April Pickens County SC
M. alabamensis
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JK Marlow jkm140426_634b
April Pickens County SC
M. alabamensis, named on the basis of its tiny flowers, per Weakley's Flora (2022).
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JK Marlow jkm140426_635c
April Pickens County SC
M. alabamensis
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Richard and Teresa Ware rtw_minuartia_uniflora
April
Pedicels and sepals glabrous, petals 1-7mm long, per Weakley's Flora (2015).
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Geocarpon uniflorum
FAMILY
Caryophyllaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Minuartia uniflora
FAMILY
Caryophyllaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Mononeuria uniflora
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 5
Minuartia uniflora
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Minuartia uniflora
INCLUDING
Aquatic & Wetland Plants of Southeastern US (Godfrey & Wooten, 1979 & 1981)
Arenaria alabamensis
INCLUDING
Aquatic & Wetland Plants of Southeastern US (Godfrey & Wooten, 1979 & 1981)
Arenaria uniflora
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 071-11-004:
Arenaria uniflora
FAMILY
Caryophyllaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Sabulina brevifolia
INCLUDING
-
Minuartia alabamensis
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Forb
Annual
Habitat: Granitic flatrocks, outcrops of Altamaha grit, per Weakley's Flora
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Uncommon in GA Piedmont, rare elsewhere
CLICK HERE to see a map, notes, and images from Weakley's Flora of the Southeastern US.
LEAVES:
Simple
Basal rosette & opposite
FLOWER:
Spring
White
Radially symmetrical
5 sepals
5 petals
5-10 stamens
Superior ovary
Usually bisexual
FRUIT:
Spring
Capsule
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- Guide to the Wildflowers of SC, 1st ed. (Porcher & Rayner, 2001) p172
- Guide to the Wildflowers of SC, 2nd ed. (McMillan, Porcher, Rayner, & White; 2022) p200
- Guide to the Wildflowers of SC, 2nd ed. (McMillan, Porcher, Rayner, & White; 2022) p088
- Guide to the Plants of Granite Outcrops (Murdy & Carter, 2000) p25
- Wildflowers of the Atlantic Southeast (Cotterman, Waitt, & Weakley, 2019) p130
- Wildflowers of the Eastern United States (Duncan & Duncan, 1999) p009
- Field Guide to the Wildflowers of Georgia (Chafin, 2016) p151
- Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998) p041
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