Common name: Lesser Thyme-leaved Sandwort
Arenaria leptoclados (Rchb.) Guss. APNI* Synonyms: Arenaria serpyllifolia L. var. leptoclados Reichb. APNI*
Arenaria serpyllifolia var. leptoclados Rchb. APNI*
Description: Annual herb to 20 cm high, scabrous to hairy.
Leaves 2–8 mm long, 2–2.5 mm wide; occasionally petiolate.
Flowers 3–5 mm diam.; pedicels 2–5 mm long. Sepals lanceolate to narrow-lanceolate, 2–3 mm long, scabrous with sparse multicellular hairs, occasionally with glandular hairs. Petals ovate, shorter than the sepals, entire, white. Stamens 0–10. Styles 3.
Capsule oblong-conical, 3–4 mm long, only slightly widened at base.
Flowering: late winter to spring.
Distribution and occurrence: Primarily in sandy habitats as a weed. Probably native of Eur.
NSW subdivisions: *NC, *CC, *NT, *CT, *ST, *NWS, *CWS
Other Australian states: *Vic. *W.A. *S.A.
Text by A. Doust
Taxon concept: Flora of NSW 1 (1990)
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