View source for Moenchia ← Moenchia You do not have permission to edit this page, for the following reason: The action you have requested is limited to users in the group: Users. You can view and copy the source of this page. {{Treatment/ID |accepted_name=Moenchia |accepted_authority=Ehrhart |publications={{Treatment/Publication |title=Neues Mag. Aerzte |place=5: 203. 1783 |year=1783 }} |common_names=Upright chickweed |basionyms= |synonyms= |hierarchy=Caryophyllaceae;Caryophyllaceae subfam. Alsinoideae;Moenchia |hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Caryophyllaceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>subfamily</small>[[Caryophyllaceae subfam. Alsinoideae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Moenchia]]</div></div> |etymology=for Conrad Moench, 1744–1805, professor at Marburg, Germany |volume=Volume 5 |mention_page=page 4, 6, 8 |treatment_page=page 93 }}<!-- --><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Herbs,</b> annual. <b>Taproots</b> slender. <b>Stems</b> ascending to erect, simple or sometimes branched proximally, terete. <b>Leaves</b>: cauline leaves connate proximally, sessile or sometimes petiolate (basal leaves); blade 1-veined, linear to linear-oblanceolate, not succulent, apex acute. <b>Inflorescences</b> terminal, 1–3-flowered, spreading cymes or flowers solitary; bracts paired, foliaceous, those of axillary flowers with scarious margins. <b>Pedicels</b> erect. <b>Flowers</b>: perianth and androecium hypogynous; sepals 4, distinct, green, lanceolate, 3.8–7 mm, herbaceous, margins white or silvery, scarious, apex acute; petals 4 or rarely absent, white, claw absent, blade apex entire; nectaries at base of filaments opposite sepals; stamens 4, inserted at base of ovary; filaments distinct nearly to base; staminodes absent; styles 4, filiform, 0.7–1 mm, glabrous proximally; stigmas 4, linear along adaxial surface of styles, minutely papillate (50×). <b>Capsules</b> cylindric, opening by 8 revolute teeth, shorter than or equaling sepals; carpophore absent. <b>Seeds</b> 35–55, brown, reniform with deep abaxial groove, laterally compressed, papillate, marginal wing absent, appendage absent. <b>x</b> = 19.</span><!-- -->{{Treatment/Body |distribution=Europe (Mediterranean region);introduced in Africa (Republic of South Africa);Australia. |introduced=true |discussion=<p>Species 3 (1 in the flora).</p> |tables= |references={{Treatment/Reference |id=ketzner1996a |text=Ketzner, D. M. 1996. Crepis pulchra (Asteraceae) and Moenchia erecta (Caryophyllaceae) in Illinois. Trans. Illinois State Acad. Sci. 89: 21–23. }}{{Treatment/Reference |id=rabeler1991a |text=Rabeler, R. K. 1991. Moenchia erecta (Caryophyllaceae) in eastern North America. Castanea 56: 150–151. }} }}<!-- --><!-- -->{{#Taxon: name=Moenchia |author=Richard K. Rabeler;Ronald L. Hartman |authority=Ehrhart |rank=genus |parent rank=subfamily |synonyms= |basionyms= |family=Caryophyllaceae |illustrator=Barbara Alongi |illustration copyright=Flora of North America Association |distribution=Europe (Mediterranean region);introduced in Africa (Republic of South Africa);Australia. |introduced=true |reference=ketzner1996a;rabeler1991a |publication title=Neues Mag. Aerzte |publication year=1783 |special status= |source xml=https://bitbucket.org/aafc-mbb/fna-data-curation/src/2e0870ddd59836b60bcf96646a41e87ea5a5943a/coarse_grained_fna_xml/V5/V5_194.xml |subfamily=Caryophyllaceae subfam. Alsinoideae |genus=Moenchia }}<!-- -->[[Category:Treatment]][[Category:Caryophyllaceae subfam. Alsinoideae]] Templates used on this page: Template:Caryophyllaceae (view source) Template:Treatment/AuthorLink (view source) Template:Treatment/Body (view source) Template:Treatment/Body/Maps (view source) Template:Treatment/ID (view source) Template:Treatment/Publication (view source) Template:Treatment/Reference (view source) Return to Moenchia.