Arenaria rubella (Wahlenb.) Sm.
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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
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Species Description - Short-lived perennial or sometimes annual, compact or loose, 2–10(–15) cm, often decumbent, leafy mostly below the middle, glabrous to glandular-hairy; lvs 5–8 × 0.3–0.8 mm, obtuse or acutish, prominently 3-nerved, puberulent or sometimes glabrous; cymes usually with several fls; pedicels slender, 5–12 mm; sep 3–4.5 mm, lanceolate, acute, strongly 3-nerved; pet usually shorter than the sep; fr membranous, the 3 valves obtuse, entire or slightly emarginate, dehiscing to below the middle; seeds 0.4–0.7 mm, tuberculate; 2n=24, 26. Moist, rocky or gravelly places; circumboreal, s. in Amer. to Que., n. Vt., Ont., and N.M. June–Aug. (Minuartia r.; Sabulina propinqua)