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Caryophyllaceae
Sabulina

Sabulina patula (Michaux) Small. Common name: Lime-barren Sandwort. Phenology: Apr-Jun. Habitat: Rocky barren of calcareous or mafic rocks. Distribution: Ec. PA and w. VA west to IN and MN, south to AL and TX.

Glossary (beta)

Origin/Endemic status: Native

Synonymy ⓘ: = Schilling et al (2022), in press; = Alsinopsis patula (Michx.) Small — S13; = Arenaria patula Michx. var. patula — GrPl, Tx, Maguire (1951); = Minuartia patula (Michx.) Mattf. — Il, Mo2, NcTx, Pa, Tn, Va; = Mononeuria patula (Michx.) Dillenb. & Kadereit — K4, Dillenberger & Kadereit (2014); < Arenaria patula Michx. — F; < Arenaria patula Michx. var. patula — C, G; < Minuartia patula (Michx.) Mattf. — Ar, FNA5; < Sabulina patula (Michx.) Small — S. Basionym: Arenaria patula Michx. 1803

Links to other floras: < Minuartia patula - FNA5

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Wetland Indicator Status:

  • Atlantic and Gulf Coastal Plain: FAC (name change)
  • Eastern Mountains and Piedmont: UPL (taxonomic split from wetland indicator species)
  • Great Plains: FAC (taxonomic split from wetland indicator species)
  • Midwest: FACU (taxonomic split from wetland indicator species)
  • Northcentral & Northeast: UPL (taxonomic split from wetland indicator species)

Heliophily ⓘ: 9

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image of plant© Alan Cressler: Mononeuria patula, Tourist Glade, Ketona Dolomite, Kathy Stiles Freeland Bibb County Glades Preserve, The Nature Conservancy, Bibb County, Alabama 1 by Alan Cressler source | Original Image ⭷
image of plant© Richard & Teresa Ware CC-BY-NC, permission granted to NCBG | Original Image ⭷
image of plant© Nathan Aaron, some rights reserved (CC BY), uploaded by Nathan Aaron source CC-BY | Original Image ⭷
image of plant© Gary P. Fleming | Original Image ⭷
image of plant© Alan Cressler: Mononeuria patula, Cedar Glade Complex No. 3, Chickamauga and Chattanooga National Military Park, Catoosa County, Georgia 1 by Alan Cressler source | Original Image ⭷
image of plant© Richard & Teresa Ware CC-BY-NC, permission granted to NCBG | Original Image ⭷
image of plant© Alan Cressler: Mononeuria patula, Dalea gattingeri, and Sedum pulchellum, Prairie Grove Glades, Mississippian Age, Bangor Limestone, Lawrence County, Alabama 1 by Alan Cressler source | Original Image ⭷
image of plant© Nathan Aaron, some rights reserved (CC BY), uploaded by Nathan Aaron source CC-BY | Original Image ⭷

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