Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Caryophyllales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Arenaria leptoclados
FAMILY
Caryophyllaceae
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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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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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