Spergularia macrotheca var. leucantha
Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts 29: 313. 1894.
Endemic
Basionym: Tissa leucantha Greene Pittonia 1: 301. 1889
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 5. Treatment on page 18.
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Plants 10–40 cm. Stems usually ascending to erect, sometimes prostrate. Leaves: stipules 6–9 mm; blade 1.5–5.5 cm. Flowers: sepal lobes ± lanceolate, 4.5–5.5 mm, to 6.5 mm in fruit; petals white, 1–1.1 times as long as sepals; styles 1.2–1.9 mm. Capsules 1.2–1.4 times as long as sepals. Seeds dark red-brown, not grooved, suborbiculate, 0.7–0.8 mm, smooth to faintly tuberculate (40×); wing absent or 0.1–0.3 mm wide.
Phenology: Flowering spring.
Habitat: Alkaline soils, floodplains, vernal pools, meadows, marshy ground
Elevation: 0-800 m
Discussion
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Lower Taxa
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