Honckenya peploides (Linnaeus) Ehrhart ssp. robusta (Fernald) Hultén. Common name: Southern Seabeach-chickweed, Southern Sea-sandwort. Phenology: Jun-Jul. Habitat: Seabeaches and dunes. Distribution: The species is circumboreal, in North America ranging south to e. VA. Ssp. robusta ranges from NL (Newfoundland) south to e. VA; three other subspecies do not occur south of NL (Newfoundland).
Origin/Endemic status: Native
Synonymy ⓘ: = Can, FNA5, K4, NE, NY, Va; = Arenaria peploides L. var. robusta Fernald — F, Tat; = Honckenya peploides (L.) Ehrh. var. robusta (Fernald) House — C; = Honkenya peploides ssp. robusta — G, apparently misspelled. Basionym: Arenaria peploides L. var. robusta Fernald 1909
Links to other floras: = Honckenya peploides ssp. robusta - FNA5
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Wetland Indicator Status:
- Atlantic and Gulf Coastal Plain: FACU (name change)
- Northcentral & Northeast: FACU (taxonomic split from wetland indicator species)
Heliophily ⓘ: 9
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