Spergularia canadensis var. canadensis

Canadian sand-spurrey
Common names:  Canadian sand-spurrey spergulaire du Canada  
Endemic
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Plants 3–25 cm, glabrous except pedicels rarely stipitate-glandular. Stems prostrate or decumbent, widely branched. Stipules 1–2.8 mm. Sepals 2.2–3.2 mm, to 4.5 mm in fruit, apex broadly rounded or blunt. Capsules 3.6–5.2 mm, 1.5–2 times as long as sepals. Seeds 0.9–1.4 mm. 2n = 36.


Phenology: Flowering summer.
Habitat: Coastal salt marshes, brackish river margins, moist beach sand
Elevation: 0-50 m

Distribution

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St. Pierre and Miquelon, N.B., Nfld. and Labr. (Nfld.), N.S., Nunavut, Ont., P.E.I., Que., Conn., Maine, Mass., N.H., N.Y., R.I.

Discussion

Selected References

None.

Lower Taxa

None.

"-2timesaslongassepals" is not declared as a valid unit of measurement for this property.

perigynous +  and hypogynous +
blunt;rounded +
Ronald L. Hartman +  and Richard K. Rabeler +
Canadian sand-spurrey +
Arenaria canadensis +
threadlike +  and linear +
1.5 cm15 mm <br />0.015 m <br /> (4.5 cm45 mm <br />0.045 m <br />) +
smaller +
0.36 cm3.6 mm <br />0.0036 m <br /> (0.52 cm5.2 mm <br />0.0052 m <br />) +
 Canadian sand-spurrey +  and spergulaire du Canada   +
0-2+-compound +  and simple +
dish--shaped +
expanded +
St. Pierre and Miquelon +, N.B. +, Nfld. and Labr. (Nfld.) +, N.S. +, Nunavut +, Ont. +, P.E.I. +, Que. +, Conn. +, Maine +, Mass. +, N.H. +, N.Y. +  and R.I. +
0-50 m +
peripheral +
unisexual +  and bisexual +
stalked +  and simple +
Coastal salt marshes, brackish river margins, moist beach sand +
dish or cupshaped +
cup-shaped +  and dish +
0-8+-compound +, simple +  and branching +
cluster +  and opposite +
distinct +
ovate +  and elliptic-oblong +
0.04 cm0.4 mm <br />4.0e-4 m <br /> (0.18 cm1.8 mm <br />0.0018 m <br />) +
0.2mm +  and 0.5mm +
swollen +
3 +  and 5 +
crassinucellate +  and bitegmic +
campylotropous +
stipitate-glandular +
perigynous +  and hypogynous +
pink +  and white +
fugacious +
0.9-1 times as long as sepals +
Flowering summer. +
partial +  and complete +
reddish-brown +
smooth +  and variously sculptured +
laciniate +  and compressed +
0.09 cm0.9 mm <br />9.0e-4 m <br /> (0.14 cm1.4 mm <br />0.0014 m <br />) +
membranous +
not +  and hooded +
persistent +
lanceolate;ovate +
0 cm0 mm <br />0 m <br /> (0.45 cm4.5 mm <br />0.0045 m <br />) +
2 +  and 4 +
decumbent +  and prostrate +
erect;sprawling +
[30 +  and 3 +
papillate +
inconspicuous +
triangular +
0.1 cm1 mm <br />0.001 m <br /> (0.28 cm2.8 mm <br />0.0028 m <br />) +
nearly +  and distinct +
filiform +
0.03 cm0.3 mm <br />3.0e-4 m <br /> (0.07 cm0.7 mm <br />7.0e-4 m <br />) +
compressed +  and ovate +
0.09 cm0.9 mm <br />9.0e-4 m <br /> (0.14 cm1.4 mm <br />0.0014 m <br />) +
Delia +  and Lepigonum +
Spergularia canadensis var. canadensis +
Spergularia canadensis +
variety +
divided +
not rhizomatous +  and taprooted +
delicate +  and stout +
0.2mm +  and 0.3mm +