Scleranthus perennis subsp. perennis

Treatment appears in FNA Volume 5. Treatment on page 151. Mentioned on page 455.

Plants perennial. Stems procumbent to erect, 3–25 cm, becoming somewhat woody basally. Leaf blades 3–13 mm. Flowers usually longer than bracts; hypanthium becoming shallowly furrowed in fruit, 1–1.3 mm; sepals overlapping, usually bending together in fruit, 2.5–4 mm, margins 0.3–0.5 mm wide, apex blunt or rounded; stamens ca. equaling sepals. “Fruits” 2.5–4.5 mm including sepals. 2n = 22 (Europe).


Phenology: Flowering summer–fall.
Habitat: Roadsides, sandy areas, shores
Elevation: 0-300 m

Distribution

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Introduced; Que., Conn., Mass., Mich., Wis., c Europe, w Asia.

Discussion

Selected References

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Lower Taxa

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