Arenaria lanuginosa var. lanuginosa

Illustrated
Synonyms: Arenaria lanuginosa var. longipedunculata
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 5. Treatment on page 53.
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Stems often 1–10, prostrate to trailing. Inflorescences axillary, solitary flowers. Pedicels straight to widely divergent, often hooked distally in fruit, 25–40 mm. Petals 1/2–3/4 times as long as sepals or absent. 2n = 44 (South America).


Phenology: Flowering spring–summer.
Habitat: Forests, limestone outcrops, moist hummocks, dunes
Elevation: 0-200 m

Distribution

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Ala., Fla., Ga., La., Miss., N.C., S.C., Tenn., Tex., Va., Mexico, Central America, South America.

Discussion

Variety lanuginosa occurs through much of Mexico, mostly in the mountainous areas. We find material from the southeastern United States to be indistinguishable from many Mexican specimens.

Variety longipedunculata was described from two populations in Georgia and represents plants with particularly long pedicels, 40–50 mm, but this range overlaps that found otherwise in var. lanuginosa.

Selected References

None.

Lower Taxa

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Ronald L. Hartman +, Richard K. Rabeler +  and Frederick H. Utech +
(Michaux) Rohrbach +
Spergulastrum lanuginosum +
Ala. +, Fla. +, Ga. +, La. +, Miss. +, N.C. +, S.C. +, Tenn. +, Tex. +, Va. +, Mexico +, Central America +  and South America. +
0-200 m +
Forests, limestone outcrops, moist hummocks, dunes +
Flowering spring–summer. +
in C. F. P. von Martius et al., Fl. Bras. +
Illustrated +
Arenaria lanuginosa var. longipedunculata +
Arenaria lanuginosa var. lanuginosa +
Arenaria lanuginosa +
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