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Honckenya peploides

Honckenya peploides ssp. major

seaside sandplant, seaside sandwort

seaside sandplant, seaside sandwort
Stems

10–30(50) cm; simple or few-branched, glabrous.
Leaves

(10)20–46 mm.
Flowers

sepals narrowly ovate to elliptic, 4–6 mm;

petals spatulate to oblanceolate, 0.8–2 mm (pistillate flowers) or 2.5–6 mm (staminate flowers).
2n

=48, 64, 66, 68.

Honckenya peploides

Honckenya peploides ssp. major
Distribution
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Discussion

Sand dunes and coastal beaches. Flowering May–Sep. 0–50 m. Est. WA; north to AK; northeastern Asia. Native.

Honckenya peploides ssp. major occupies coastal areas along the northern Pacific Ocean, while the three other subspecies adjoin either the Arctic (one subspecies) or Atlantic oceans (two subspecies).
Source Flora of Oregon, volume 2, page 555
Rich Rabeler, Ronald Hartman
Subordinate taxa
H. peploides ssp. major
Synonyms Arenaria peploides, Arenaria peploides var. major, Honckenya peploides var. major
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