familyCaryophyllaceae
subfamilyCaryophyllaceae subfam. Alsinoideae
genusHonckenya
speciesHonckenya peploides
subspeciesHonckenya peploides subsp. major
Honckenya peploides subsp. major
Fl. Aleut. Isl., 171. 1937.
Basionym: Arenaria peploides var. major Hooker Fl. Bor.-Amer. 1: 102. 1831
Synonyms: Arenaria peploides subsp. major (Hooker) Calder & Roy L. Taylor Arenaria peploides var. maxima Fernald Arenaria peploides var. oblongifolia (Torrey & A. Gray) S. Watson Honckenya oblongifolia Honckenya peploides var. major (Hooker) Abrams
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 5. Treatment on page 139.
Plants with few stems, slender, succulent. Stems prostrate to decumbent, not much-branched, 10–30(–50) cm × 1–3 mm, internodes of main stem 8–40(–60) mm. Leaves: main stem leaves widely spaced, conspicuously larger than those of lateral branches; blade elliptic-obovate to broadly elliptic or narrowly elliptic or oblanceolate, (10–)20–46 × (5–)10–20 mm, apex acute to apiculate. Pedicels (3–)8–16(–26) mm. Flowers: sepals ovate, 4–6 mm, apex apiculate. Capsules 5–8 × 5–10 mm, chartaceous. Seeds reddish to yellowish brown, 2–4 mm, glossy. 2n = 48, 64, 66, 68.
Phenology: Flowering late spring–summer.
Habitat: Sea beaches, sandy flats, and dunes above high tide
Elevation: 0-10 m
Distribution
B.C., Alaska, Oreg., Wash., Asia (Japan, Korea, Russia).
Discussion
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