Arenaria humifusa, Wahlenb.
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20. A. humifusa Wahlenb. View in CoL , El. Lapp. 129 (1812).
Small, matforming perennial up to 3 cm, with procumbent, glabrous stems and slender, elongate stolons at or just above ground-level. Leaves 3-4 x 1 -1- 75 mm, elliptical to narrowly obovate, glabrous or very slightly cibate at the base. Flowers solitary or rarely two together; pedicels much shorter than or equalling sepals, slightly scabrid. Sepals 3-4 mm, ovate, usually glabrous, obscurely 3-veined, with narrow scarious margin; petals slightly exceeding sepals; anthers pale purple. Capsule exserted, cylindrical. Seeds 0-7-0- 75 mm, reddish-brown. 2« = 40. Moist, open habitats on basic soil in mountains. Arctic Europe and subarctic Norway (very rare). No Rs (N) Sb Su. (Arctic and montane North America.)
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Arenaria humifusa
Tutin, T. G., Heywood, V. H., Burges, N. A., Moore, D. M., Valentine, D. H., Walters, S. M. & Webb, D. A. 1964 |
A. humifusa
Wahlenb. 1812: 129 |