Minuartia geniculata, (Poiret) Thell.

Tutin, T. G., Heywood, V. H., Burges, N. A., Moore, D. M., Valentine, D. H., Walters, S. M. & Webb, D. A., 1964, Flora Europaea - Volume 1. Lycopodiaceae to Platanaceae, Cambridge University Press : 132

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https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.302862

persistent identifier

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scientific name

Minuartia geniculata
status

 

57. M. geniculata (Poiret) Thell. View in CoL , FI. Adv. Montpellier 232 (1912)

( Rhodalsine geniculata (Poiret) F. N. Williams ; incl. M. procumbens (Vahl) Graebner ).

Glandular-pubescent perennial; stems up to 30 cm, woody at base, procumbent and ascending, geniculate, much-branched. Leaves (4-)6-10(-12) x (0-5—)1— 2(-2-5) mm, elliptical to linear, with one prominent vein beneath. Flowers axillary and in terminal cymes; pedicels l |- 6 times as long as sepals. Sepals 3-4 mm, oblong-ovate, usually obtuse, appearing veinless, with a wide scarious margin; petals and capsule about equalling sepals. Seeds 0-5-0-8 mm, margin slightly rugose. Dry sandy places, often by the sea. Mediterranean region; Portugal. Bl G r Hs It Lu Sa Si.

Very variable, particularly in leaf-shape and pubescence.

Kingdom

Plantae

Phylum

Tracheophyta

Class

Magnoliopsida

Order

Caryophyllales

Family

Caryophyllaceae

Genus

Minuartia

Loc

Minuartia geniculata

Tutin, T. G., Heywood, V. H., Burges, N. A., Moore, D. M., Valentine, D. H., Walters, S. M. & Webb, D. A. 1964
1964
Loc

M. geniculata (Poiret)

Thell. 1912: 232
1912
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