familyCaryophyllaceae
subfamilyCaryophyllaceae subfam. Alsinoideae
genusSagina
speciesSagina nodosa
subspeciesSagina nodosa subsp. borealis
Sagina nodosa subsp. borealis
Rhodora 80: 28, figs. 7, 8. 1978.
Common names: Sagine boréale
Illustrated
Synonyms: Sagina nodosa var. borealis (G. E. Crow) Cronquist
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 5. Treatment on page 142.
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Stems glabrous or weakly pubescent at nodes. Basal leaf-blades glabrous. Pedicels glabrous or weakly pubescent distally. Flowers: calyx base glabrous or weakly pubescent. 2n = 56.
Phenology: Flowering mid-late summer.
Habitat: Chiefly shoreline, rock crevices, wet gravels and sands, tufts of moss along rocky coasts and shores of large lakes
Elevation: 0-300 m
Distribution
Greenland, Alta., Man., N.B., Nfld. and Labr. (Nfld.), N.W.T., N.S., Nunavut, Ont., P.E.I., Que., Sask., Maine, Mich., Minn., n Europe
Discussion
In populations along the shores of Lake Superior, plants sometimes occur with glandular hairs sparsely distributed on the stems, chiefly or solely at the bases of the nodes, as well as on the pedicels and calyces.
Selected References
None.
Lower Taxa
None.
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absent +
hypogynous +
fascicles +
purplish +
axillary +
obtuse;rounded +
knotted +
absent +
spongy +
distinct +
absent +
clawed +
glabrous +
ascending +
arising +
absent +
1-veined +
herbaceous +
foliaceous +
paired +
absent +
reduced +
dehiscing +
appressed +
longer +
globose;ovoid +
absent +
woody +
connate +
cuplike +
absent +
Sagine boréale +
absent +
conspicuous +
scarious +
arising +
dish--shaped +
fleshy +
absent +
opposite +
distinct +
symmetric +
axillary +
inconspicuous +
Chiefly shoreline, rock crevices, wet gravels and sands, tufts of moss along rocky coasts and shores of large lakes +
simple +
urceolate +
Present +
few-to-many +
fascicles +
connate +
axillary +
absent +
subulate +
scarious +
absent +
swollen +
superior +
campylotropous +
spreading;erect +
absent +
filiform +
hypogynous +
straight +
central +
surrounding +
annular +
white +
fugacious +
2 times sepal length +
absent +
absent +
Rhodora +
1978 +
arising +
absent +
dark-brown +
125 +
0.5 cm5 mm <br />0.005 m <br /> (?) +
hooded +
not awned +
opposite +
elliptic +
green +
purple +
persistent +
distinct +
herbaceous +
lanceolate;elliptic or orbiculate +
Illustrated +
dehiscing +
perennial +
arising +
absent +
absent +
herbaceous +
ascending;loosely spreading or prostrate +
not filiform +
subcapitate +
subterminal +
absent +
papillate +
absent +
distinct +
absent +
glabrous +
slender +
Sagina nodosa subsp. borealis +
Sagina nodosa +
subspecies +
tuberous +
divided +
indehiscent +
entire +
perennial +
horizontal +
absent +