Annual herb ; up to 10 cm high , with a taproot . Stems erect to ascending or sprawling , round , dark purple , finely pubescent , usually branched from the base of the stem . Leaves opposite , simple , ovate , slightly ciliate , sessile , cuneate to rounded base , acute tip , entire margin . Inflorescences in small clusters at the tips of branching stems , as well as single in the leaf axils . Flowers symmetrical ; sepals 5 , green , free , lanceolate , slightly pubescent , longer than the petals ; petals 5 , white , free , egg-shaped ; stamens 10 ; styles 3 . Fruit capsule , light brown , flask-shaped , dry , with curved sides , or conical and straight-sided . Seeds 4-7 mm , many , tiny , gray-black , reniform . (Ref . https://www . illinoiswildflowers . info) .
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Not Evaluated (NE)
Not Common
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Alsinanthus serpyllifolius (L.) Desv.
Stellaria serpyllifolia (L.) Scop.
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Thyme-leaf Sandwort
Thyme-leaved Sandwort
Not used traditionally.
*https://www.illinoiswildflowers.info *https://en.wikipedia.org *https://swbiodiversity.org *Miller, A.G. & Cope, T.A. (1996). Flora of the Arabian Peninsula and Socotra 1: 1-586. Edinburgh university press. ISBN 0748604758. *Ghazanfar, S. (2003). Flora of the Sultanate of Oman, vol.1: Piperaceae – Primulaceae. Meise, National Botanic Garden of Belgium (Scripta Botanica Begica, Vol. 25). ISBN 90-72619-55-2 ISSN 0779-2387. *POWO (2023). ""Plants of the World Online. Facilitated by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the Internet; http://www.plantsoftheworldonline.org
