familyCaryophyllaceae
subfamilyCaryophyllaceae subfam. Alsinoideae
genusScleranthus
speciesScleranthus perennis
subspeciesScleranthus perennis subsp. perennis
Scleranthus perennis subsp. perennis
Plants perennial. Stems procumbent to erect, 3–25 cm, becoming somewhat woody basally. Leaf-blades 3–13 mm. Flowers usually longer than bracts; hypanthium becoming shallowly furrowed in fruit, 1–1.3 mm; sepals overlapping, usually bending together in fruit, 2.5–4 mm, margins 0.3–0.5 mm wide, apex blunt or rounded; stamens ca. equaling sepals. “Fruits” 2.5–4.5 mm including sepals. 2n = 22 (Europe).
Phenology: Flowering summer–fall.
Habitat: Roadsides, sandy areas, shores
Elevation: 0-300 m
Distribution
Introduced; Que., Conn., Mass., Mich., Wis., c Europe, w Asia
Discussion
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perigynous +
rounded;blunt +
absent +
spongy +
distinct +
absent +
clawed +
arising +
absent +
1-veined +
not succulent +
foliaceous +
paired +
absent +
reduced +
absent +
woody +
absent +
dense +
arising +
dish--shaped +
absent +
distinct +
symmetric +
usually longer +
inconspicuous +
indehiscent +
simple +
furrowed +
persistent +
urceolate +
expanded +
indurate +
true +
sessile +
opposite +
connate +
whitish +
scarious +
absent +
swollen +
superior +
campylotropous +
absent +
perigynous +
straight +
central +
surrounding +
annular +
fugacious +
absent +
clawed +
absent +
Sp. Pl. +
1753 +
arising +
absent +
yellowish +
hooded +
not awned +
overlapping +
greenish +
persistent +
distinct +
herbaceous +
bending +
lanceolate;awl-shaped +
equaling +
Introduced +
arising +
absent +
arising +
absent +
filiform +
branched +
procumbent +
herbaceous +
erect +
terete +
woody +
subcapitate +
absent +
papillate +
absent +
capitate +
distinct +
absent +
glabrous +
slender +
Scleranthus perennis subsp. perennis +
Scleranthus perennis +
subspecies +
tuberous +
divided +
indehiscent +
falling +
ovoid +
entire +
perennial +
horizontal +
absent +