Minuartia verna, (L.) Hiern

42. M. verna (L.) Hiern View in CoL , Jour. Bot. (London) 37: 320 (1899)

( Alsine verna (L.) Wahlenb. ).

Laxly caespitose perennial; stems usually glandular-pubescent above. Leaves up to 20 mm, linearlanceolate, setaceous or subulate, glabrous or glandular-pubescent, very rarely scabrid. Cymes lax, few- to many-flowered; pedicels longer than sepals. Sepals ovate-lanceolate, usually glandular-pubescent; petals | - 1 | times as long as sepals. Capsule equalling or slightly exceeding sepals. Seeds 0-5-1 mm, brown, varying from almost smooth to acutely tuberculate. Protandrous. S., W. & C. Europe; N. Russia. Al Au Be Br Bu Co Cr Cz G a Ge G r Hb He Hs Hu It Ju Po Rm Rs (N, W) Si Tu. Very polymorphic. The following is a conservative treatment and several of the taxa probably deserve specific rank. Further information is required on two other subspecies recognized by Hayek, subsp. grandiflora (Presi) Hayek , Österr. Bot. Zeitschr. 71: 112 (1922) (Sicilia) and subsp. leptophylla (Reichenb.) Hayek , Österr. Bot. Zeitschr. 71: 112 (1922) (Balkan peninsula). 1 Petals obtuse, widest at or above the middle 2 Stems woody below; leaves linear-lanceolate, stiffly patent, margin scabrid; cymes usually more than 7-flowered

(c) subsp. valentina

2 Stems not woody below; leaves linear-subulate to setaceous, not stiffly patent, margin entire 3Axillary vegetative fascicles of leaves present on flowering stems; cymes 6- to many-flowered; petals equalling sepals;

anthers yellow (b) subsp. collina 3Axillary fascicles absent; cymes 1- to 7-flowered; petals usually exceeding sepals; anthers purplish (a) subsp. verna

1 Petals acute, widest below the middle 4 Plant green, not woody below; leaves up to 11 mm; cymes 1- to 5-flowered; sepals 2-2-3 mm; petals distinctly shorter than sepals (d) subsp. oxypetala

4 Plant glaucous, woody below 5 Petals distinctly shorter than sepals; leaves up to 5 mm;

cymes 1- to 5-flowered; sepals 2-3-5 mm (f) subsp. idaea

5 Petals about equalling sepals; leaves up to 10 mm; cymes

(l-)3- to 15-flowered; sepals 3-2-5 mm (e) subsp. attica