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|accepted_name=Loeflingia
|accepted_authority=Linnaeus
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=Sp. Pl.
|place=1: 35. 1753
|year=1753
}}, {{Treatment/Publication
|title=Ge. Pl.
|place=5, 22. 1754
|year=1754
}}
|basionyms=
|synonyms=
|hierarchy=Caryophyllaceae;Caryophyllaceae subfam. Polycarpoideae;Loeflingia
|hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Caryophyllaceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>subfamily</small>[[Caryophyllaceae subfam. Polycarpoideae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Loeflingia]]</div></div>
|etymology=For P. Loefling, 1729–1756, Swedish botanist and explorer
|volume=Volume 5
|mention_page=page 6
|treatment_page=page 26
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--><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Herbs,</b> annual. <b>Taproots</b> slender. <b>Stems</b> prostrate to erect, usually dichotomously branched at or near base, terete. <b>Leaves</b> opposite, basal leaves absent, axillary leaf clusters often present, weakly connate, sessile; stipules 2 per node, ± white to silvery, bristlelike, margins entire, apex acuminate; blade 1-veined or obscurely so, subulate to oblong, not succulent, apex blunt to spine-tipped. <b>Inflorescences</b> axillary, 1(–2)-flowered; bracts absent. <b>Pedicels</b>: flowers sessile. <b>Flowers</b>: perianth and androecium hypogynous; sepals ± distinct, green, linear to lanceolate, 1.8–6.5 mm, herbaceous, margins silvery, often scarious, apex acute to spinose; petals absent or rudimentary; nectaries not apparent; stamens 3–5, arising from base of ovary; filaments distinct; styles 3, distinct, filiform, shorter than 0.1 mm, glabrous proximally; stigmas 3, linear along adaxial surface of styles, papillate (30×). <b>Capsules</b> lanceoloid to ovoid, opening by 3 slightly recurved valves; carpophore absent. <b>Seeds</b> 25–35, tan with reddish brown band on curved edge, tear-shaped, plump, minutely papillate on broadly grooved edge, marginal wing absent, appendage absent.</span><!--

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|distribution=North America;Europe (w Mediterranean region);sw Asia;Africa (w Mediterranean region;Sahara).
|discussion=<p>Species 7 (1 in the flora).</p>
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|references={{Treatment/Reference
|id=barneby1970a
|text=Barneby, R. C. and E. C. Twisselmann. 1970. Notes on Loeflingia (Caryophyllaceae). Madroño 20: 398–408.
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name=Loeflingia
|author=Ronald L. Hartman;Richard K. Rabeler
|authority=Linnaeus
|rank=genus
|parent rank=subfamily
|synonyms=
|basionyms=
|family=Caryophyllaceae
|illustrator=Barbara Alongi
|distribution=North America;Europe (w Mediterranean region);sw Asia;Africa (w Mediterranean region;Sahara).
|reference=barneby1970a
|publication title=Sp. Pl.;Ge. Pl.
|publication year=1753;1754
|special status=
|source xml=https://jpend@bitbucket.org/aafc-mbb/fna-data-curation.git/src/f6b125a955440c0872999024f038d74684f65921/coarse_grained_fna_xml/V5/V5_45.xml
|subfamily=Caryophyllaceae subfam. Polycarpoideae
|genus=Loeflingia
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