Spergularia macrotheca var. longistyla
Rhodora 42: 78, plate 589, fig.le,f.1940.
Endemic
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 5. Treatment on page 18.
Plants 10–30 cm. Stems ascending or erect, sometimes prostrate. Leaves: stipules 4.5–8 mm; blade 1.5–4 cm. Flowers: sepal lobes ovate to lanceolate, (4.5–) 5–5.5 mm, to 7 mm in fruit; petals white, 1–1.3 times as long as sepals; styles 2–3 mm. Capsules 0.8–1 times as long as sepals. Seeds dark redbrown, often with submarginal groove, suborbiculate to pyriform, 0.8–1.2 mm, covered with rounded, elongate tubercles; wing sometimes absent, 0.2–0.3 mm wide.
Phenology: Flowering spring.
Habitat: Alkaline marshes, mud flats, meadows, hot springs
Elevation: 20-200 m
Discussion
Selected References
None.
Lower Taxa
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"-1timesaslongassepals" is not declared as a valid unit of measurement for this property.
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Spergularia macrotheca var. longistyla +
Spergularia macrotheca +
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tuberous +
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