Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Caryophyllales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Geocarpon glabrum
FAMILY
Caryophyllaceae
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Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Read more about Appalachian Sandwort at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Minuartia glabra
FAMILY
Caryophyllaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Mononeuria glabra
SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America
Minuartia glabra
SYNONYMOUS WITH Guide to the Vascular Plants of the Blue Ridge (Wofford, 1989)
Arenaria glabra
SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 071-11-005b:
Arenaria groenlandica var. glabra FAMILY Caryophyllaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Sabulina glabra
COMMON NAME:
Appalachian Sandwort
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JK Marlow jkm230228_1372
February Pickens County SC
Glassy Mountain Heritage Preserve
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JK Marlow jkm230228_1374
February Pickens County SC
Glassy Mountain Heritage Preserve
Upper stem leaves linear, > 7mm long (the basal rosette usually absent at flowering), per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).
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JK Marlow jkm110416_614
April Etowah County AL
Sepals 1.5-4mm long, obtuse, margins scarious, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).
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JK Marlow jkm130420_552
April Pickens County SC
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JK Marlow jkm130420_552b
April Pickens County SC
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JK Marlow jkm140426_619
April Pickens County SC
Leaves linear-lanceolate, larger stem leaves (7-)10-30mm long, per Weakley's Flora (2015).
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JK Marlow jkm200415_3820
April Greenville County SC
Chandler Heritage Preserve
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JK Marlow jkm200415_3823
April Greenville County SC
Chandler Heritage Preserve
Cymes 9-15-flowered; sepals 3-4mm long; petals 4-6(-8)mm long, per Weakley's Flora (2015).
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JK Marlow jkm200415_3825
April Greenville County SC
Chandler Heritage Preserve
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JK Marlow jkm220409_6594
April Pickens County SC
Glassy Mountain Heritage Preserve
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JK Marlow jkm220409_6601
April Pickens County SC
Glassy Mountain Heritage Preserve
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JK Marlow jkm220409_6604
April Pickens County SC
Glassy Mountain Heritage Preserve
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JK Marlow jkm220412_6723
April Greenville County SC
Bald Rock Heritage Preserve
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Karen Burnett kwb_dscn4095
April Pickens County SC
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Richard and Teresa Ware rtw_minuartia_glabra
April
Stem leaves few, reduced upward. Plants not mat-forming, per Weakley's Flora (2012).
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Richard and Teresa Ware rtw_minuartia_glabra_4
April
Larger sepals & larger pleated petals than A. uniflora or alabamensis, per Guide to the Plants of Granite Outcrops (Murdy & Carter, 2000).
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Patrick D. McMillan pdmmglabra_ab1
April? Alleghaney County NC
Stems erect, leafy mostly near base, per Weakley's Flora (2012).
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Geocarpon glabrum
FAMILY
Caryophyllaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Minuartia glabra
FAMILY
Caryophyllaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Mononeuria glabra
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America
Minuartia glabra
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Guide to the Vascular Plants of the Blue Ridge (Wofford, 1989)
Arenaria glabra
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 071-11-005b:
Arenaria groenlandica var. glabra
FAMILY
Caryophyllaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Sabulina glabra
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Forb
Annual
Habitat: Granitic flatrocks, other outcrops of granite, granitic gneiss, or other felsic gneisses and schists, in the mountains restricted to low or medium elevations, per Weakley's Flora
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Uncommon
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Click here to see a map showing all occurrences known to SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria. (Zoom in to see more detail.)
LEAVES:
Simple
Opposite (basal rosette usually absent or withered at flowering)
FLOWER:
Spring
White
Usually bisexual
Radially symmetrical
5 sepals
5 petals
5-10 stamens
Superior ovary
FRUIT:
Spring
Capsule
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- Guide to the Wildflowers of SC (Porcher & Rayner, 2001) p107
- Newcomb's Wildflower Guide (Newcomb, 1977) p276
- Guide to the Plants of Granite Outcrops (Murdy & Carter, 2000) p25
- Wildflowers of the Atlantic Southeast (Cotterman, Waitt, & Weakley, 2019) p130
- Field Guide to the Wildflowers of Georgia (Chafin, 2016) p151
- Wildflowers of Tennessee (Carman, 2005) p054?
- Wildflowers & Plant Communities of the Southern Appalachian Mountains and Piedmont (Spira, 2011) p404
- Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998) p041