Spergularia macrotheca var. leucantha

(Greene) B. L. Robinson

Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts 29: 313. 1894.

Endemic
Basionym: Tissa leucantha Greene Pittonia 1: 301. 1889
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Plants 10–40 cm. Stems usually ascending to erect, sometimes prostrate. Leaves: stipules 6–9 mm; blade 1.5–5.5 cm. Flowers: sepal lobes ± lanceolate, 4.5–5.5 mm, to 6.5 mm in fruit; petals white, 1–1.1 times as long as sepals; styles 1.2–1.9 mm. Capsules 1.2–1.4 times as long as sepals. Seeds dark redbrown, not grooved, suborbiculate, 0.7–0.8 mm, smooth to faintly tuberculate (40×); wing absent or 0.1–0.3 mm wide.


Phenology: Flowering spring.
Habitat: Alkaline soils, floodplains, vernal pools, meadows, marshy ground
Elevation: 0-800 m

Discussion

Selected References

None.

Lower Taxa

None.

"-1.4timesaslongassepals" is not declared as a valid unit of measurement for this property.

perigynous +  and hypogynous +
apiculate +  and spine-tipped +
blunt;rounded +
Ronald L. Hartman +  and Richard K. Rabeler +
(Greene) B. L. Robinson +
Tissa leucantha +
0.6 cm6 mm <br />0.006 m <br /> (1 cm10 mm <br />0.01 m <br />) +
threadlike +  and linear +
1.5 cm15 mm <br />0.015 m <br /> (5.5 cm55 mm <br />0.055 m <br />) +
smaller +
0.46 cm4.6 mm <br />0.0046 m <br /> (1 cm10 mm <br />0.01 m <br />) +
simple +  and 3-compound +
dish--shaped +
expanded +
0-800 m +
peripheral +
unisexual +  and bisexual +
stalked +  and simple +
Alkaline soils, floodplains, vernal pools, meadows, marshy ground +
dish or cupshaped +
cup-shaped +  and dish +
0-8+-compound +, simple +  and branching +
cluster +  and opposite +
distinct +
ovate +  and lanceolate +
0.08 cm0.8 mm <br />8.0e-4 m <br /> (0.3 cm3 mm <br />0.003 m <br />) +
0.3mm +  and 0.7mm +
rounded +
swollen +
3 +  and 5 +
crassinucellate +  and bitegmic +
campylotropous +
reflexed;erect +
perigynous +  and hypogynous +
fugacious +
1-1.1 times as long as sepals +
elliptic +  and obovate +
Flowering spring. +
Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts +
not grooved +
0.06 cm0.6 mm <br />6.0e-4 m <br /> (0.07 cm0.7 mm <br />7.0e-4 m <br />) +
dark redbrown +
smooth +  and faintly tuberculate +
suborbiculate +
0.07 cm0.7 mm <br />7.0e-4 m <br /> (0.08 cm0.8 mm <br />8.0e-4 m <br />) +
membranous +
not +  and hooded +
persistent +
0 cm0 mm <br />0 m <br /> (0.65 cm6.5 mm <br />0.0065 m <br />) +
lanceolate;ovate +
0.05 cm0.5 mm <br />5.0e-4 m <br /> (0.18 cm1.8 mm <br />0.0018 m <br />) +
9 +  and 10 +
usually ascending;erect +
[30 +  and 3 +
papillate +
white +  and tan +
triangular +
0.6 cm6 mm <br />0.006 m <br /> (0.9 cm9 mm <br />0.009 m <br />) +
nearly +  and distinct +
filiform +
0.12 cm1.2 mm <br />0.0012 m <br /> (0.19 cm1.9 mm <br />0.0019 m <br />) +
Delia +  and Lepigonum +
Spergularia macrotheca var. leucantha +
Spergularia macrotheca +
variety +
divided +
not rhizomatous +  and taprooted +
pubescence of simple hairs or stalked glands +  and glabrous +
0.1-0.3 mm +