familyCaryophyllaceae
genusCorrigiola
speciesCorrigiola litoralis
subspeciesCorrigiola litoralis subsp. litoralis
Corrigiola litoralis subsp. litoralis
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 5. Treatment on page 49.
Plants annual or biennial, glabrous, glaucous. Stems 5–50 cm. Leaves mostly alternate; blade lance-oblong to linear-oblanceolate, 5–30 mm, base narrowed to obscure petiole. Pedicels articulated, to 1 mm. Flowers: sepals 1–1.5 mm; staminodes white to pink, sometimes red-tipped. Utricles 1–2 mm. 2n = 16, 18, 32, 54 (Europe).
Phenology: Flowering summer–fall.
Habitat: Waste places, ballasts, grassy areas
Elevation: 0-200 m
Distribution
Introduced; B.C., Md., Oreg., Eurasia.
Discussion
Historical records from ballast grounds at Camden, New Jersey (1870s), and Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, exist, as well as a single report as a garden weed from Massachusetts (1900?; Manning s.n., GH).
Selected References
None.
Lower Taxa
None.