PLANTS Profile for Arenaria serpyllifolia (thymeleaf sandwort)

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PLANTS Profile

Arenaria serpyllifolia L.
thymeleaf sandwort

Symbol:

ARSE2

Group:

Dicot

Family:

Caryophyllaceae

Duration:

Annual

Growth Habit:

Forb/herb

Native Status:

L48		I
HI		I
CAN		I
SPM		I

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Arenaria serpyllifolia L.

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Synonyms:
Arenaria serpyllifolia L.

ARLE3	Arenaria leptoclados (Rchb.) Guss.
ARSEL	Arenaria serpyllifolia L. ssp. leptoclados (Rchb.) Nyman
ARSES2	Arenaria serpyllifolia L. ssp. serpyllifolia	sandwort
ARSET	Arenaria serpyllifolia L. var. tenuior Mert. & W.D.J. Koch

Distribution:
Arenaria serpyllifolia L.


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See U.S. county distributions (when available) by clicking on the map or the linked states below:
USA (AL, AR, CA, CO, CT, DC, DE, FL, GA, HI, IA, ID, IL, IN, KS, KY, LA, MA, MD, ME, MI, MN, MO, MS, MT, NC, NE, NH, NJ, NM, NV, NY, OH, OK, OR, PA, RI, SC, SD, TN, TX, UT, VA, VT, WA, WI, WV, WY), CAN (AB, BC, MB, NB, NS, ON, PE, QC, SK), FRA (SPM)

Related Taxa:
Arenaria serpyllifolia L.

View 42 genera in Caryophyllaceae, 27 species in Arenaria

Classification:
Arenaria serpyllifolia L.

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Kingdom	Plantae – Plants
Subkingdom	Tracheobionta – Vascular plants
Superdivision	Spermatophyta – Seed plants
Division	Magnoliophyta – Flowering plants
Class	Magnoliopsida – Dicotyledons
Subclass	Caryophyllidae
Order	Caryophyllales
Family	Caryophyllaceae – Pink family
Genus	Arenaria L. – sandwort
Species	Arenaria serpyllifolia L. – thymeleaf sandwort

Introduced Information:
Arenaria serpyllifolia L.

This plant is introduced to some part of the PLANTS Floristic Area, though it may be native in other parts. Click on link below for a partial or complete list of PFA introduced plants.

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Wetland Indicator Status:
Arenaria serpyllifolia L.

Nat. Ind.

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Reg. 0

Reg. A

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Reg. H

FACU,FAC

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FACU

Interpreting Wetland Indicator Status

More Accounts and Images:
Arenaria serpyllifolia L.

View species account and distribution map from Flora of North America (FNA).

View species account, photographs, and distribution from USF Atlas of Florida Vascular Plants.

View species account from ARS Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN).

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 20270.

View species account and distribution map from Jepson Interchange (University of California - Berkeley).

View photographs and distribution from University of Tennessee Herbarium.

View photographs and distribution from University of Washington Burke Museum.

View species account and photographs from University of Wisconsin - Stevens Point Freckmann Herbarium.

Time Generated: 10/11/2008 03:05 PM MDT