familyCaryophyllaceae
subfamilyCaryophyllaceae subfam. Alsinoideae
genusHonckenya
speciesHonckenya peploides
subspeciesHonckenya peploides subsp. major
Honckenya peploides subsp. major
Fl. Aleut. Isl., 171. 1937.
Basionym: Arenaria peploides var. major Hooker Fl. Bor.-Amer. 1: 102. 1831
Synonyms: Arenaria peploides subsp. major (Hooker) Calder & Roy L. Taylor Arenaria peploides var. maxima Fernald Arenaria peploides var. oblongifolia (Torrey & A. Gray) S. Watson Honckenya oblongifolia Honckenya peploides var. major (Hooker) Abrams
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 5. Treatment on page 139.
Revision as of 10:21, 30 July 2020 by imported>Volume Importer
Plants with few stems, slender, succulent. Stems prostrate to decumbent, not much-branched, 10–30 (–50) cm × 1–3 mm, internodes of main-stem 8–40 (–60) mm. Leaves: main-stem leaves widely spaced, conspicuously larger than those of lateral branches; blade elliptic-obovate to broadly elliptic or narrowly elliptic or oblanceolate, (10–) 20–46 × (5–) 10–20 mm, apex acute to apiculate. Pedicels (3–) 8–16 (–26) mm. Flowers: sepals ovate, 4–6 mm, apex apiculate. Capsules 5–8 × 5–10 mm, chartaceous. Seeds reddish to yellowish-brown, 2–4 mm, glossy. 2n = 48, 64, 66, 68.
Phenology: Flowering late spring–summer.
Habitat: Sea beaches, sandy flats, and dunes above high tide
Elevation: 0-10 m
Distribution
B.C., Alaska, Oreg., Wash., Asia (Japan), Asia (Korea), Asia (Russia)
Discussion
Selected References
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Lower Taxa
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not hooded +
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spongy +
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clawed +
arising +
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succulent +
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paired +
absent +
reduced +
chartaceous +
ovoid;subglobose +
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woody +
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1-6-flowered +
arising +
dish--shaped +
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symmetric +
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arising +
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fewer +
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lanceolate;oblanceolate obovate or broadly elliptic +
succulent +
0.5mm;20mm +
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crenulate +
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Fl. Aleut. Isl., +
1937 +
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Illustrated +
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fertile +
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