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Morphology
- Stem
- Ascending to erect, simple or branched, glabrous or sometimes stipitate-glandular.
- Leaves
- Opposite; stipules absent; petiole absent; blade linear, .2 to .8 inch long, .02 to .07, base clasping, apex obtuse to prickly-pointed; without fascicles of secondary leaves in axils of primary leaves.
- Inflorescence
- Open, terminal cymes or flowers solitary and terminal or axillary, 5-30-flowered.
- Flower
- Pedicels spreading to ascending, .12 to 1.2 inch; sepals 5, lanceolate, .16 to inch, apex acute to acuminate; petals 5, white, oblanceolate, .28 to .4 inch, apex emarginated; stamens 10; styles 3.
- Fruit
- Capsules, narrowly ellipsoid, .12 to .16 inch; seeds reddish brown to black, nearly round, minute, tuberculate.
Ecology
- Habitat
- Rocky tallgrass prairies, glades, rock outcrops
- Distribution
- East 1/3 of Kansas
Additional Notes
Comments
Minuartia, for Juan Minuart, a 18th Century Spanish botanist and pharmacist and patula spreading.
Synonyms
Alternative scientific names that have been used for this plant.
Scientific Name: Arenaria patula
Full Citation: Arenaria patula Michx.
Quick Facts
- Plant Type
- Wildflower
- Family
- Caryophyllaceae - Pink Family
- Life Span
- Annual
- Height
- 2-12 inches
- Last Updated
- 2016-05-01
Color Groups
White, Green & Greenish White Wildflowers
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Blooms: April, May, June, July