缘翅拟漆姑 yuan chi ni qi gu

Arenaria media Linnaeus, Sp. Pl., ed. 2, 1: 606. 1762; Spergularia marginata Kittel.

Herbs perennial. Stems erect or decumbent, 15--30 cm tall, glandular hairy on inflorescence. Leaves not or rarely fasciculate, 1--2 cm × ca. 1 mm, fleshy, apex mucronate; stipules not silvery, lanceolate. Cymes sparse; bracts reduced. Sepals lanceolate or oblong-ovate, 5--7 × 1.5--2 mm. Petals pink, rarely white, oblong, equaling or somewhat exceeding sepals. Stamens (5 or)10. Capsule 1.5--2 × as long as calyx. Seeds dark brown, orbicular, ca. 1 mm, smooth or tuberculate, with membranous wing. Fl. May--Aug, fr. Aug--Oct. 2n = 18.

Saline soils, floodlands; ca. 1200 m. Nei Mongol, Xinjiang [Afghanistan, Kazakhstan, Pakistan, Russia, Turkmenistan; N Africa, Europe, SW Asia].