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Herbs annual, sometimes perennial. Taproot slender, sometimes ± woody. Stems diffuse, decumbent or procumbent, 20--25 cm, branched at base, apically glandular pubescent. Leaves fasciculate, 5--20 × 0.5--1 mm, glabrous or pubescent; stipules silvery, lanceolate, apex acuminate. Cymes sparse; bracts nearly as large as leaves. Sepals lanceolate, 3--4.5 mm. Petals uniformly pink, obovate, equaling or shorter than sepals. Stamens (5 or)10. Capsule 4--5 mm, ca. equaling calyx. Seeds dark brown, subtrigonous, small, tuberculate, unwinged. Fl. May--Jul, fr. Jul--Oct. 2n = 18, 27, 36, 54.
Provided by: [C].Flora of China @ efloras.orgPlants annual or short-lived perennial, delicate, 4-25 cm, stipi-tate-glandular in inflorescence. Taproots slender to ± stout. Stems erect to ascending or prostrate, usually much-branched proximally; main stem 0.3-0.5 mm diam. proximally. Leaves: stipules conspicuous, shiny white, lanceolate, 3.5-5 mm, apex long-acuminate; blade filiform to linear, 0.4-1.5 cm, scarcely fleshy, apex apiculate to spine-tipped; axillary leaves 2-4+ per cluster. Cymes simple to 3+-compound or flowers solitary and axillary. Pedicels ascending to reflexed. Flowers: sepals connate 0.5-0.7 mm proximally, lobes often 3-veined, lanceolate, (2-)2.5-3.2 mm, to 4 mm in fruit, margins 0.1-0.3 mm wide, apex obtuse to acute; petals pink, obovate to ovate, 0.9-1 times as long as sepals; stamens 6-10; styles 0.6-0.8 mm. Capsules greenish to tan, 3.5-5 mm, 1-1.2 times as long as sepals. Seeds red-brown to dark brown, with submarginal groove, broadly ovate or ± truncate, angular at broad end, plump, 0.4-0.6 mm, sculpturing of parallel, wavy lines, margins with peglike papillae (30×); wing absent. 2n = 18, 27, 36, 54 (all Europe).
Provided by: [F].Flora of North America @ efloras.orgSimple or much-branched annual or short-lived perennial, prostrate or ascending, 5–30 cm, glabrous or sparsely glandular-hairy above; lvs linear-filiform, mucronate, scarcely fleshy, 3.5–35 × 0.4–1.2 mm; stipules triangular-acuminate, 2.5–5 mm; sep 3.5–5 mm, lanceolate; pet consistently pink, shorter than the sep; stamens (6–)10; fr 3.5–5 mm; seed 0.4–0.6 mm, papillate, wingless; 2n=36, 54. Native of Europe, intr. as a weed in sandy or gravelly soil from Nf. to Mich., Wis., and B.C., s. to Md., Ala., N.M., and Calif. May–Sept. (Tissa r.)
Provided by: [E].Manual of Vascular Plants of Northeastern US and CanadaMorphology
Stängel 5–25 cm, niederliegend bis aufsteigend, oben drüsig behaart. Blätter gegenständig, stachelspitzig, schmal-lineal, bis 2,5 cm lang, kahl, mit trockenhäutigen, 2–5 mm langen Nebenblättern und mit zusätzlichen Blattbüscheln in den Bl
Provided by: [D].Flora Helvetica – Illustrierte Flora der SchweizSprawling annual or perennial from slender taproot, to 20 cm. Leaves opposite, linear. Flowers in open cymes, pink or lilac, sepals < 4 mm. Seeds not winged. Sprawling annual or perennial from slender taproot, up to 200 mm tall. Leaves opposite and in axillary tufts, linear. Flowers in open cymes, uniformly pink or lilac, sepals 3-4 mm long. Seeds not winged, dark brown.
Provided by: [B].e-Flora of South AfricaFlora of China @ efloras.org
General InformationHerbs annual, sometimes perennial. Taproot slender, sometimes ± woody. Stems diffuse, decumbent or procumbent, 20--25 cm, branched at base, apically glandular pubescent. Leaves fasciculate, 5--20 × 0.5--1 mm, glabrous or pubescent; stipules silvery, lanceolate, apex acuminate. Cymes sparse; bracts nearly as large as leaves. Sepals lanceolate, 3--4.5 mm. Petals uniformly pink, obovate, equaling or shorter than sepals. Stamens (5 or)10. Capsule 4--5 mm, ca. equaling calyx. Seeds dark brown, subtrigonous, small, tuberculate, unwinged. Fl. May--Jul, fr. Jul--Oct. 2n = 18, 27, 36, 54.
Flora Helvetica – Illustrierte Flora der Schweiz
MorphologyStängel 5–25 cm, niederliegend bis aufsteigend, oben drüsig behaart. Blätter gegenständig, stachelspitzig, schmal-lineal, bis 2,5 cm lang, kahl, mit trockenhäutigen, 2–5 mm langen Nebenblättern und mit zusätzlichen Blattbüscheln in den Bl
5–8. Sandige Böden, Wegränder, Strassenpflaster, kollin-subalpin(-alpin). AS, sonst zerstreut.
Manual of Vascular Plants of Northeastern US and Canada
General InformationSimple or much-branched annual or short-lived perennial, prostrate or ascending, 5–30 cm, glabrous or sparsely glandular-hairy above; lvs linear-filiform, mucronate, scarcely fleshy, 3.5–35 × 0.4–1.2 mm; stipules triangular-acuminate, 2.5–5 mm; sep 3.5–5 mm, lanceolate; pet consistently pink, shorter than the sep; stamens (6–)10; fr 3.5–5 mm; seed 0.4–0.6 mm, papillate, wingless; 2n=36, 54. Native of Europe, intr. as a weed in sandy or gravelly soil from Nf. to Mich., Wis., and B.C., s. to Md., Ala., N.M., and Calif. May–Sept. (Tissa r.)
e-Flora of South Africa
MorphologySprawling annual or perennial from slender taproot, to 20 cm. Leaves opposite, linear. Flowers in open cymes, pink or lilac, sepals < 4 mm. Seeds not winged. Sprawling annual or perennial from slender taproot, up to 200 mm tall. Leaves opposite and in axillary tufts, linear. Flowers in open cymes, uniformly pink or lilac, sepals 3-4 mm long. Seeds not winged, dark brown. Sprawling annual or perennial from slender taproot, up to 200 mm tall. Leaves opposite and in axillary tufts, linear. Flowers in open cymes, uniformly pink or lilac, sepals 3-4 mm long. Seeds not winged, dark brown.
Cosmopolitan weed. Cosmopolitan weed. Cosmopolitan weed.
Weed of sandy places. Weed of sandy places. Weed of sandy places.
Flora of North America @ efloras.org
General InformationPlants annual or short-lived perennial, delicate, 4-25 cm, stipi-tate-glandular in inflorescence. Taproots slender to ± stout. Stems erect to ascending or prostrate, usually much-branched proximally; main stem 0.3-0.5 mm diam. proximally. Leaves: stipules conspicuous, shiny white, lanceolate, 3.5-5 mm, apex long-acuminate; blade filiform to linear, 0.4-1.5 cm, scarcely fleshy, apex apiculate to spine-tipped; axillary leaves 2-4+ per cluster. Cymes simple to 3+-compound or flowers solitary and axillary. Pedicels ascending to reflexed. Flowers: sepals connate 0.5-0.7 mm proximally, lobes often 3-veined, lanceolate, (2-)2.5-3.2 mm, to 4 mm in fruit, margins 0.1-0.3 mm wide, apex obtuse to acute; petals pink, obovate to ovate, 0.9-1 times as long as sepals; stamens 6-10; styles 0.6-0.8 mm. Capsules greenish to tan, 3.5-5 mm, 1-1.2 times as long as sepals. Seeds red-brown to dark brown, with submarginal groove, broadly ovate or ± truncate, angular at broad end, plump, 0.4-0.6 mm, sculpturing of parallel, wavy lines, margins with peglike papillae (30×); wing absent. 2n = 18, 27, 36, 54 (all Europe).
