Arenaria stricta - (image 1 of 5)
Taxonomy
Family: Caryophyllaceae
Some authors place this species in the genus Minuartia L. and would refer to it as Minuartia michauxii (Fenzl) Farw. var. michauxii
Habitat
Dunes. Black oak savanna. Dry, gravel hill prairies. Limestone glades and other calcareous habitats
Associates
Distribution
Southern Ontario and NY west to MN, south to VA and AR.
Morphology
Annual or perennial, glabrous or sometimes hairy; stems 10-40 cm, decumbent or erect. Leaves linear-bristly, mostly flat, less than 2 mm wide, in bunches on the stem. Inflorescence open, the branches glabrous; sepals lanceolate, acute.
Notes
Flowers May to July
Wetland Indicator: Upland
Common on dunes near Lake Michigan in IL.
References
Gleason, Henry A.
and A. Cronquist. 1991. Manual of Vascular Plants of Northeastern United States
and Adjacent Canada. Second Ed.
The New York Botanical Garden. Bronx, NY
Swink, F. and G.
Wilhelm. 1994. Plants of the Chicago Region.
Indiana Academy of Science. The Morton Arboretum. Lisle, Illinois.
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