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Caryophyllaceae
Geocarpon

not marked as a favorite taxon Geocarpon glabrum (Michaux) E.E. Schilling. Common name: Appalachian Sandwort. Phenology: Apr-May. Habitat: Granitic flatrocks, other outcrops of granite, granitic gneiss, or other felsic gneisses and schists, in the mountains restricted to low or medium elevations. Distribution: ME and NH south to w. GA (Jones & Coile 1988) and AL, primarily on the Piedmont and also in the Cumberlands (Chester, Wofford, & Kral 1997).

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Origin/Endemic status: Native

Synonymy ⓘ: = Schilling et al (2022), in press; = Alsinopsis glabra (Michx.) Small — S13; = Arenaria glabra Michx. — GW2, W; = Arenaria groenlandica (Retz.) Spreng. var. glabra (Michx.) Fernald — C, F, G, RAB, Maguire (1951); = Minuartia glabra (Michx.) Mattf. — FNA5, Il, NE, Pa, Va; = Mononeuria glabra (Michx.) Dillenb. & Kadereit — K4, NY, Tn, Dillenberger & Kadereit (2014); = Porsildia groenlandica (Retz.) Á.Löve & D.Löve ssp. glabra (Michx.) Á.Löve & D.Löve; = Sabulina glabra (Michx.) Small — S. Basionym: Arenaria glabra Michx. 1803

Links to other floras: = Minuartia glabra - FNA5

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