Arenaria gothica, Fries

23. A. gothica Fries View in CoL , Nov. FI. Suec. ed. 2, Mant. 2, 33 (1839).

Annual or biennial with ascending, rather robust, scabrid stems up to 12(—15) cm. Leaves 4-6 mm, broadly elliptical to obovate, less than 3 times as long as wide, margin strongly cibate at least in the lower half. Cymes (l-)2- to 6(-8)-flowered; pedicels strongly scabrid. Sepals 3-4 mm, ovate-lanceolate, cibate below and often also on keel, 3-veined; petals 4-5- 5 mm, slightly exceeding sepals. Seeds 0-8-0-9 mm, black, dull, with low broad tubercles. 2/2= 100. Dry limestone pavement and lake-shores. ® 5. Sweden (Gotland; one station in Västergötland); Jura (Lac de Joux). He Su.

This description applies to plants from Sweden. The plants from Switzerland are taller, less cibate, and have larger cymes than those from Sweden. Although their chromosome number is the same, it is quite possible that they are of different origin.