Honkenya peploides, (L.) Ehrh.

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

publication ID

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

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scientific name

Honkenya peploides
status

 

1. H. peploides (L.) Ehrh. View in CoL , Beitr. Naturk. 2: 181 (1788)

( Ammadenia peploides (L.) Rupr. ).

Glabrous, hermaphrodite or dioecious perennial with trailing, succulent stems rooting at the nodes. Leaves 5-20 x 5-10 mm, ovate to oblong, 1-veined, acute. Flowers axillary and solitary, and in 1- to 6-flowered terminal cymes; pedicels usually 2-6 mm. Sepals 3-5 mm, ovate, 1-veined; petals greenish-white, equalling sepals in male flowers, shorter than sepals in female flowers. Capsule (4-)6-l 0 mm wide, globose, twice as long as sepals. Seeds 3—4(—4-5) mm, usually 3-8, dark reddishbrown, shiny, almost smooth. 2« = 66, 68-70. Maritime sands and shingle, very rarely inland. Coasts o f N. & W. Europe; Ural. Be Br D a Fa Fe G a Ge Hb Ho Hs Is Lu No Po Rs (N, B, C) Sb Su. Plants from Iceland and arctic Europe have similar chromosome number, but usually have a more diffuse growth, pedicels 4-15 mm, and capsules with usually 4-12 seeds. They have been given specific rank, but are here treated as var. diffusa (Hornem.) Ostenf.

Kingdom

Plantae

Phylum

Tracheophyta

Class

Magnoliopsida

Order

Caryophyllales

Family

Caryophyllaceae

Genus

Honkenya

Loc

Honkenya peploides

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

H. peploides (L.)

Ehrh. 1788: 181
1788
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