NameThatPlant.net: Arenaria leptoclados

Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Caryophyllales

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Arenaria leptoclados FAMILY Caryophyllaceae Go to FSUS key

Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.

Read more about Lesser Thymeleaf Sandwort at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.

The relative ranges, habitats, and abundance of the A. leptoclados and A. serpyllifolia are poorly known; additional herbarium work is needed. Read more in Weakley's Flora (2022)

INCLUDED WITHIN PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Arenaria serpyllifolia FAMILY Caryophyllaceae

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

Arenaria leptoclados

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

Arenaria serpyllifolia var. tenuior

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

Arenaria serpyllifolia ssp. leptoclados

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

Arenaria serpyllifolia var. tenuior

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 leptoclados

COMMON NAME:
Lesser Thymeleaf Sandwort, Slender Sandwort

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image of Arenaria leptoclados, Lesser Thymeleaf Sandwort, Slender Sandwort

USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_arle3_001_lvd

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

INCLUDED WITHIN PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Arenaria serpyllifolia FAMILY Caryophyllaceae

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

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

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

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

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 leptoclados

3911

Forb
Annual

Habitat: Disturbed areas, per Weakley's Flora

Non-native: Eurasia

Uncommon in Carolina Piedmont & Carolina Coastal Plain (rare elsewhere in GA-NC-SC)

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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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