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.
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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, Korea, Russia).
Discussion
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Lower Taxa
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