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Thyme Leaved Sandwort

Arenaria serpyllifolia L.

Distribution in Egypt

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Nile and Mediterranean regions, Gebel Elba.

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Global Distribution

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Temperate Europe and Asia, north Africa, Ethiopia, Introduced into America and Australia.

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Habitat

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Cultivated ground and mountain slopes.

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Life Expectancy

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Annual.

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Associations

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Plant / epiphyte
fruitbody of Athelia pyriformis grows on live Arenaria serpyllifolia

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Foodplant / parasite
sporangium of Peronospora campestris parasitises live, yellowed leaf of Arenaria serpyllifolia

Foodplant / parasite
hypophyllous telium of Puccinia arenariae parasitises live leaf of Arenaria serpyllifolia
Other: major host/prey

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Comments

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Variation in Arenaria serpyllifolia in the broad sense is treated in various ways. The two varieties recognized here have been treated also as subspecies (e.g., A. O. Chater and G. Halliday 1993) or species (e.g., M. N. Abuhadra 2000; B. Jonsell 2001). Jonsell admitted that accepting them as species is questionable; while the morphological differences are slight (see esp. Abuhadra), the ploidy-level difference (2n = 40 in var. serpyllifolia vs. 2n = 20 in var. tenuior) is important.
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Flora of North America Vol. 5 in eFloras.org, Missouri Botanical Garden. Accessed Nov 12, 2008.
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This species is used medicinally.
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Flora of China Vol. 6: 45 in eFloras.org, Missouri Botanical Garden. Accessed Nov 12, 2008.
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Description

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Plants annual. Taproots filiform. Stems 1-100+, erect to ascending or sprawling, green, 3-40+ cm; internodes terete to ellipsoid, 2-8 times as long as leaves, dull, retrorsely pubescent throughout, sometimes also stipitate-glandu-lar. Leaves often connate basally, with scarious or mostly herba-ceous sheath 0.2-0.3 mm, petiolate (proximal leaves) or usually sessile; petiole 1-4 mm; blade 3-5 veined, elliptic to broadly ovate or rarely orbiculate, 2-7 × 1-4 mm, herbaceous, margins flat, herbaceous, dull, ciliate especially proximally, apex acute to acuminate, pustulate, sparsely minutely pubescent or glabrous; axillary leaf clusters absent. Inflorescences terminal, open, leafy, 3-50+-flowered cymes. Pedicels erect or ascending in fruit, 1-12 mm, retrorsely pubescent. Flowers: sepals green, often prominently 3-veined, not keeled, lanceolate to ovate-lanceolate (herbaceous portion narrowly elliptic to broadly lanceolate), 2-3 mm, to 4 mm in fruit, apex narrowly acute to acuminate, ± minutely pustulate, stipitate-glandular; petals oblong, 0.6-2.7 mm, 5- 4 times as long as sepals, apex obtuse to rounded. Capsules loosely enclosed by calyx, ovoid to cylindric-ovoid, 3-3.5 mm, 5-1 5 times as long as sepals. Seeds 10-15, ashy black, reniform, plump, 0.4-0.6 mm, not shiny, with low-elongate, prominent tubercules.
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Description

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Herbs annual or biennial. Principal roots slender, with numerous smaller branches. Stems caespitose, erect or diffuse, 10--30 cm, densely white villous. Leaves sessile; leaf blade ovate, 4--12 × 3--7 mm, both surfaces glabrous or sparsely villous, 3-veined abaxially, base attenuate, margin ciliate, apex acute; proximal cauline leaves larger, distal ones smaller. Cymes many flowered; bracts ovate, 3--7 mm, herbaceous, usually densely villous. Pedicel slender, ca. 1 cm, densely villous or glandular pubescent. Sepals 5, lanceolate, 3--4 mm, villous abaxially, veins 3, impressed, margin membranous, apex acute. Petals 5, white, obovate, 1/3--1/2 as long as sepals, apex obtuse. Stamens 10, shorter than sepals. Ovary ovoid. Styles 3, linear. Capsule ovoid, equaling persistent sepals. Seeds pale brown, reniform, small, tuberculate with raised papillae. Fl. Jun--Aug, fr. Aug--Sep.
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Flora of China Vol. 6: 45 in eFloras.org, Missouri Botanical Garden. Accessed Nov 12, 2008.
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Distribution

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Europe, C. Asia, temperate Asia.
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Annotated Checklist of the Flowering Plants of Nepal Vol. 0 in eFloras.org, Missouri Botanical Garden. Accessed Nov 12, 2008.
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Distribution

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Widespread in China [N Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, North America].
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Elevation Range

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900-2900 m
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Habitat

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Mountain grassland slopes, sandy or stony barrens, fields, gardens; 600--4000 m.
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Synonym

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Arenaria leptoclados Gussone; A. petiolata Hayata.
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Arenaria serpyllifolia

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Arenaria serpyllifolia - MHNT

Arenaria serpyllifolia, commonly known as thyme-leaf sandwort,[1] or thyme-leaved sandwort[2]: 32  is an annual or biennial flowering plant in the pink and carnation family Caryophyllaceae.

References

  1. ^ English Names for Korean Native Plants (PDF). Pocheon: Korea National Arboretum. 2015. p. 358. ISBN 978-89-97450-98-5. Archived from the original (PDF) on 25 May 2017. Retrieved 25 January 2016 – via Korea Forest Service.
  2. ^ Blamey, M.; Fitter, R.; Fitter, A (2003). Wild flowers of Britain and Ireland: The Complete Guide to the British and Irish Flora. London: A & C Black. ISBN 978-1408179505.
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Arenaria serpyllifolia: Brief Summary

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Arenaria serpyllifolia - MHNT

Arenaria serpyllifolia, commonly known as thyme-leaf sandwort, or thyme-leaved sandwort: 32  is an annual or biennial flowering plant in the pink and carnation family Caryophyllaceae.

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