familyCaryophyllaceae
subfamilyCaryophyllaceae subfam. Alsinoideae
genusArenaria
speciesArenaria lanuginosa
Arenaria lanuginosa var. lanuginosa
Illustrated
Synonyms: Arenaria lanuginosa var. longipedunculata
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 5. Treatment on page 53.
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Stems often 1–10, prostrate to trailing. Inflorescences axillary, solitary flowers. Pedicels straight to widely divergent, often hooked distally in fruit, 25–40 mm. Petals 1/2–3/4 times as long as sepals or absent. 2n = 44 (South America).
Phenology: Flowering spring–summer.
Habitat: Forests, limestone outcrops, moist hummocks, dunes
Elevation: 0-200 m
Distribution
Ala., Fla., Ga., La., Miss., N.C., S.C., Tenn., Tex., Va., Mexico, Central America, South America.
Discussion
Variety lanuginosa occurs through much of Mexico, mostly in the mountainous areas. We find material from the southeastern United States to be indistinguishable from many Mexican specimens.
Variety longipedunculata was described from two populations in Georgia and represents plants with particularly long pedicels, 40–50 mm, but this range overlaps that found otherwise in var. lanuginosa.
Selected References
None.
Lower Taxa
None.