Honckenya peploides (L.) Ehrh.
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Authority
Gleason, Henry A. & Cronquist, Arthur J. 1991. Manual of vascular plants of northeastern United States and adjacent Canada. lxxv + 910 pp.
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Family
Caryophyllaceae
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Scientific Name
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Description
Species Description - Colonial by rhizomes and runners, forming dense colonies often 1–2 m wide; stems 1–5 dm, simple to much-branched; lvs 1–2 cm, elliptic or elliptic-ovate to obovate or sometimes lanceolate or oblanceolate; sep ovate or lance-ovate, 3–7 mm; pet in male fls ca equaling the sep, in female fls rarely over 2 mm; stamens in male fls about equaling the pet, in female fls reduced or abortive; fr depressed, 4–8 mm long, 5–12 mm thick; seeds 3–5 mm, reddish-brown; 2n=48–70. Sea-beaches and sand-dunes; circumboreal, s. on the Atlantic coast to Va. June–July. Our plants are var. robusta (Fernald) House, with little-branched, few-fld stems 2–5 dm, the sep 4–5 mm. (Arenaria p.)