Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Caryophyllales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Geocarpon carolinianum
FAMILY
Caryophyllaceae
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Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Read more about Pine-barren Sandwort at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Minuartia caroliniana
FAMILY
Caryophyllaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Mononeuria caroliniana
SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 5 (2005)
Minuartia caroliniana
SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 071-11-001:
Arenaria caroliniana FAMILY Caryophyllaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Sabulina caroliniana
COMMON NAME:
Carolina Sandwort, Longroot, Pine-barren Sandwort
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_arca31_001_lvd
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JK Marlow jkm130406_840
April Richmond County GA
Fort Gordon
Sepals obtuse at the tip, per Weakley's Flora (2015).
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JK Marlow jkm130406_842
April Richmond County GA
Fort Gordon
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Alan S. Weakley asw_1322382488624227
May Cumberland County NC
Carvers Creek State Park
This is very long-lived perennial, with a cordlike taproot to a meter or more long. — Alan Weakley
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Alan S. Weakley asw_770874787903008
May Cumberland County NC
Carvers Creek State Park
Each flowering stem seemingly terminated by a small white 1/2" flower, per Atlantic Coastal Plain Wildflowers (Nelson, 2006).
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Patrick D. McMillan pdmmcarolina_sumter
June Sumter County SC
Lvs less than 1/2" long, ~ 1/16" wide, overlapping each other at stem base, per Atlantic Coastal Plain Wildflowers (Nelson, 2006).
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Alan S. Weakley asw_10231869846705139
July Hoke County NC
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Patrick D. McMillan pdmm_caroliniana
Month Unknown
A dense basal cushion of decumbent to prostrate stems from a single taproot, per Wildflowers of the Eastern United States (Duncan & Duncan, 1999).
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Geocarpon carolinianum
FAMILY
Caryophyllaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Minuartia caroliniana
FAMILY
Caryophyllaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Mononeuria caroliniana
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 5
Minuartia caroliniana
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 071-11-001:
Arenaria caroliniana
FAMILY
Caryophyllaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Sabulina caroliniana
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Forb
Short-lived perennial
Habitat: Deep white sands of barren longleaf pine sandhills, sand barrens, other dry sandy habitats, as in the NJ Pine barrens, per Weakley's Flora
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Uncommon
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, of 2 lengths
Superior ovary
Usually bisexual
FRUIT:
Spring/Summer
Capsule
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- Atlantic Coastal Plain Wildflowers (Nelson, 2006) p120
- Guide to the Wildflowers of SC, 1st ed. (Porcher & Rayner, 2001) p234
- Guide to the Wildflowers of SC, 2nd ed. (McMillan, Porcher, Rayner, & White; 2022) p292
- 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) p150
- Wildflowers of the Sandhills Region (Sorrie, 2011) p104
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