Species
Pearlwort Spurrey
SPECIES
- KingdomPlantae
- PhylumTracheophyta
- ClassMagnoliopsida
- OrderCaryophyllales
- FamilyCaryophyllaceae
Native toAlgeria, Baltic States, Belarus, Belgium, Czechia-Slovakia, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Netherlands, Northwest European Russia, Norway
Observations1,258
Plants glabrous or densely pubescent or glandular. Stems often branched proximally, 5-35 cm. Leaf blades usually flat, 0.3-1.5(-2) cm, usually not channeled abaxially. Pedicels erect to ascen-ding, spreading or sometimes reflexed in fruit, sometimes secund. Flowers: sepals 3-4 mm; petals ovate, 3- 8 times as long as sepals in flower, apex obtuse; stamens usually 10. Capsule valves 3.5-6 mm. Seeds winged, lenticular, 0.9-1 mm wide, surface minutely roughened or low-tuberculate (50×), with marginal ring of tan, club-shaped papillae; wings light brown to brownish black, 0.2-0.3 mm wide. 2n = 18 (Europe).
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