Biology:Minuartia recurva

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Short description: Species of plant

Minuartia recurva
Minuartia recurva Atlas Alpenflora.jpg
In the Atlas der Alpenflora (1882)
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Order: Caryophyllales
Family: Caryophyllaceae
Genus: Minuartia
Species:
M. recurva
Binomial name
Minuartia recurva
(All.) Schinz & Thell.[1]
Synonyms

Alsine recurva ((All.) Wahlenb.)

Minuartia recurva, the recurved sandwort or sickle-leaved sandwort,[2] is a rare tufted, calcifugous chamaephyte perennial flowering plant in the family Caryophyllaceae. It blooms from late spring to the end of summer.[3]

Description

This perennial, densely tufted, hairy plant has a woody base and flowering stems up to 15 cm (6 in) in length. The stems are wiry and lignified, with acicular leaves with three veins, curving to the side to a greater of lesser extent. The flowers are grouped in glandular flower-heads, the individual flowers being white and five-petaled. The inflorescence is a 1–8-flowered cyme. Sepals are 3 to 6 mm (0.12 to 0.24 in) long with 5–7 veins and are ovate-lanceolate; petals are 4 to 8 mm (0.16 to 0.31 in) long and ovate. The fruit is an ovoid capsule up to 5 mm (0.20 in) in length.[4]

Distribution

Minuartia recurva is found in mountainous regions of southern Europe and southwest Asia.

It is also found in Ireland's Caha Mountains, first noted there in 1964.[5][6]

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References

Wikidata ☰ Q3315635 entry