WorldFloraDB - Moehringia lateriflora

Characteristics

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.

More

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.

Life form

perennial

Growth form

herb

Growth support

-

Foliage retention

-

Sexuality

hermaphrodite

Pollination

-

Spread

-

Mature width (meter)

-

Mature height (meter)

0.08 - 0.25

Root system

rhizome

Rooting depth (meter)

-

Root diameter (meter)

-

Flower color

Blooming months

Jan	Feb	Mar
Apr	May	Jun
Jul	Aug	Sep
Oct	Nov	Dec

Fruit color

-

Fruiting months

Jan	Feb	Mar
Apr	May	Jun
Jul	Aug	Sep
Oct	Nov	Dec

Nitrogen fixer

-

Photosynthetic pathway

c3

Environment

Light
Soil humidity
Soil texture	-
Soil acidity	-
Soil nutriment	-
Hardiness (USDA)

Usage

Uses	medicinal
Edible	-
Therapeutic use	-
Human toxicity	-
Animal toxicity	-

Cultivation

Mode	-
Germination duration (days)	-
Germination temperacture (C°)	-
Germination luminosity	-
Germination treatment	-
Minimum temperature (C°)	-
Optimum temperature (C°)	-
Size	-
Vigor	-
Productivity	-

Images

Flower

Moehringia lateriflora flower picture by Gabriel Andre (cc-by-sa)

Distribution

Identifiers

LSID	urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:30124057-2
WFO ID	wfo-0000374574
COL ID	73N7G
BDTFX ID	-
INPN ID	761946
Wikipedia (EN)	Link
Wikipedia (FR)

Synonyms

Arenaria lateriflora Arenaria pensylvanica Arenaria buxifolia Arenaria haenkeana Alsinanthus lateriflorus Alsine lateriflora Moehringia lateriflora Moehringia lateriflora var. angustifolia

WorldFloraDB 2024

Moehringia lateriflora (L.) Fenzl

Grove sandwort (en)

Species

Angiosperms > Caryophyllales > Caryophyllaceae > Moehringia