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2. Arenaria leptoclados (Reichb.) Guss., Fl. Sic. Syn. 2:824. 1845. Boiss., Fl. Or. 1:701. 1867; Schischkin in Kom., Fl. URSS. 6:539. 19 Mizushima in Kitam., Fl. Afghan. 109. 1960; McNeill in Davis, Fl. 2:28. 1967; Stewart in Pak. J. For. 14:484. 1967 & Biol. 13(2): 60. 1967; Ann. Cat. Vasc. Pl. W. Pak. & Kashm. 239. 1972.
SHAHINA A. GHAZANFAR & YASIN J. NASIR
Arenaria serpyllifolia var. leptoclados Reichb.
Similar to Arenaria serpyllifolia but leaves obovate to spathulate, especially lower ones, usually mucronulate; sepals 2.5-3 mm. lanceolate, exceeding capsule, the calyx gradually narrowing above, not thickened at the base or the back and flask-shaped. Seeds apparently without prominent tubercles.
Fl. Per.: March-September.
Type: Described from Sicily.
Distribution: Central Europe and Asia, Turkey, China and N.W. Africa.
A variable species, sympatric in distribution to Arenaria serpyllifolia in and approaching it in intermediate forms. 2n = 20.
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