Facts about Grove Sandwort (Moehringia lateriflora)

Arenaria lateriflora L.:
Canada (North America)
United States (North America)

Voss, E. G. 1985. Michigan Flora. Part II Dicots (Saururaceae-Cornaceae). Bull. Cranbrook Inst. Sci. 59. xix + 724. http://www.tropicos.org/Reference/1700
Gleason, H. A. 1968. The Choripetalous Dicotyledoneae. vol. 2. 655 pp. In H. A. Gleason Ill. Fl. N. U.S. (ed. 3). New York Botanical Garden, New York. http://www.tropicos.org/Reference/1704
Great Plains Flora Association. 1986. Fl. Great Plains i–vii, 1–1392. University Press of Kansas, Lawrence. http://www.tropicos.org/Reference/637
Fernald, M. 1950. Manual (ed. 8) i–lxiv, 1–1632. American Book Co., New York. http://www.tropicos.org/Reference/1327

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Moehringia lateriflora (L.) Fenzl:
Canada (North America)
Japan (Asia)
Kazakhstan (Asia)
Mongolia (Asia)
Russian Federation (Asia)
South Korea (Asia)
United States (North America)
China (Asia)

Tolmatchev, A. I. 1971. Arktic. Fl. SSSR 6: 1–248. http://www.tropicos.org/Reference/10418
Flora of China Editorial Committee. 2001. Fl. China 6: 1–512. Science Press & Missouri Botanical Garden Press, Beijing & St. Louis. http://www.tropicos.org/Reference/1018509

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National Distribution

Canada

Origin: Unknown/Undetermined

Regularity: Regularly occurring

Currently: Unknown/Undetermined

Confidence: Confident

United States

Origin: Native

Regularity: Regularly occurring

Currently: Present

Confidence: Confident

Type of Residency: Year-round

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Morphology

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Four varieties of Moehringia laterifolia have been described based on variation in leaf width and pubescence; they have been little used, and the variation appears not to be correlated with geography.

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Description

Plants perennial. Rhizomes forming extensive network. Stems ascending or decumbent, often branched, terete, 5-30 cm, uniformly retrorsely pubesescent. Leaves sessile or subsessile; petiole 0.1-1 mm; blade 1-3-veined, broadly elliptic to oblong-elliptic or oblanceolate, 6-30(-35) × (2-)5-10(-17) mm, margins granular to minutely serrulate-ciliate, apex obtuse or rounded. Inflorescences 1-5-flowered; bracts 1-3 mm, margins scarious. Pedicels erect, 3-30 mm. Flowers: sepals 5, midrib not keeled, ovate or obovate, herbaceous portion oblong to elliptic, 1.7-2.8(-3) mm, margins narrow, apex mostly obtuse or rounded; petals 5, 3-6 mm, ca. 2 times as long as sepals. Capsules subglobose, 3-5 mm, 11/ 2-2 times as long as sepals. Seeds reniform, 1 mm, smooth. 2n = 48.

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Description

Herbs perennial, with rhizomes. Stems erect, 10--20 cm tall, pubescent. Leaves subsessile, elliptic or oblong, 1--2.5 cm × 4--10 mm, ciliate at margin and veins hairy at base, 1-veined, apex obtuse. Flowers solitary or in cymes, axillary. Pedicel 6--11(--15) mm, slender, puberulent. Sepals ovate or elliptic, ca. 2 mm, glabrous, margin scarious, apex obtuse. Petals obovate, ca. 2 × as long as sepals. Stamens shorter than petals. Capsule 3.5--5.5 mm, apex 6-toothed. Seeds black-brown, subreniform, ca. 1 mm; strophiole small. Fl. Jun--Jul, fr. Jul--Aug. 2n = 48.

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Diagnostic Description

Synonym

Arenaria lateriflora Linnaeus, Sp. Pl. 1: 423. 1753; A. lateriflora var. angustifolia H. St. John; A. lateriflora var. taylorae H. St. John; A. lateriflora var. tenuicaulis Blankinship

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Synonym

Arenaria lateriflora Linnaeus, Sp. Pl. 1: 423. 1753.

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Habitat

Habitat & Distribution

Flowering spring-early summer. Moist or dry woodlands, meadows, gravelly shores; 50-2700 m; St. Pierre and Miquelon; Alta., B.C., Man., N.B., Nfld. and Labr., N.S., Nunavut, Ont., P.E.I., Que., Sask., Yukon; Alaska, Colo., Conn., Idaho, Ill., Ind., Iowa, Maine, Md., Mass., Mich., Minn., Mo., Mont., Nebr., Nev., N.H., N.J., N.Mex., N.Y., N.Dak., Ohio, Oreg., Pa., R.I., S.Dak., Utah, Vt., Va., Wash., W.Va., Wis., Wyo.; Europe; Asia.

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Habitat & Distribution

Woods, forest margins; 800--2300 m. Gansu, Hebei, Heilongjiang, Jilin, Liaoning, Nei Mongol, Ningxia, Shanxi, Xinjiang [Japan, Kazakhstan, Korea, Mongolia, Russia; SW Asia, Europe].

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Molecular Biology

Statistics of barcoding coverage: Moehringia lateriflora

Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLDS) Stats
Public Records: 2
Species: 4
Species With Barcodes: 1

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Conservation Status

National NatureServe Conservation Status

Canada

Rounded National Status Rank: NNR - Unranked

United States

Rounded National Status Rank: N5 - Secure

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NatureServe Conservation Status

Rounded Global Status Rank: G5 - Secure

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