Geocarpon carolinianum (Walter) E.E. Schilling. Common name: Carolina Sandwort, Longroot. Phenology: Apr-Jul. Habitat: Deep white sands of barren longleaf pine sandhills, sand barrens, other dry sandy habitats, as in the NJ Pine Barrens. Distribution: NY (Long Island) and formerly RI, to Panhandle FL, on the Coastal Plain.
Origin/Endemic status: Endemic
Synonymy ⓘ: = Schilling et al (2022), in press; = Alsinopsis caroliniana (Walter) Small — S13; = Arenaria caroliniana Walter — C, F, G, RAB, Tat, Maguire (1951); = Minuartia caroliniana (Walter) Mattf. — FNA5, NE, Va, WH3; = Minuopsis caroliniana (Walter) W.A.Weber; = Mononeuria caroliniana (Walter) Dillenb. & Rabeler — K4, Dillenberger & Rabeler (2018); = Sabulina caroliniana (Walter) Small — Fl4, NY, S, Dillenberger & Kadereit (2014). Basionym: Arenaria caroliniana Walter 1788
Links to other floras: = Minuartia caroliniana - FNA5
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Heliophily ⓘ: 9
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