Flora of North America species comparison

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Drymaria molluginea

slim-leaf drymary
Habit Plants annual, herbaceous, glabrous or sparsely glandular, not glaucous.
Stems

erect, simple or dichotomously branched, 3–25(–30) cm.
Leaves

mostly appearing whorled;

stipules ± persistent, simple, filiform to subulate, 0.5–2 mm;

petiole absent or nearly so;

blade linear, 1–3(–3.5) cm × 0.5–1.5(–2) mm, base attenuate, apex rounded, sometimes apiculate.
Inflorescences

terminal or racemose, open, 3–30+-flowered cymes.
Pedicels

shorter to longer than subtending bracts at maturity.
Flowers

sepals with midvein prominent, lateral pair often evident, then arcing outward at midsection and confluent apically, broadly ovate to ± orbiculate (herbaceous portion elliptic to oblong or lanceolate), 2–3.5 mm, subequal, apex obtuse (herbaceous portion similar), hood oblique or at right angles to apex, formed in part by scarious margins, glabrous;

petals 4-fid for 1/2 or less their length, 1.7–2.5 mm, subequal to sepals, lobes 1-veined, vein unbranched, linear, outer pair 1/3–1/2 as long as petal trunk, inner pair slightly shorter or, sometimes, greatly reduced or absent, trunk laterally denticulate, base abruptly tapered, apex rounded.
Seeds

dark brown to purplish, horseshoe-shaped, 0.8–0.9 mm;

tubercles minute, rounded.

Drymaria molluginea
Phenology Flowering late summer–early fall.
Habitat Rocky to sandy soil
Elevation 2100-2400 m (6900-7900 ft)
Distribution
from FNA
AZ; NM; TX; Mexico
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Source FNA vol. 5, p. 13.
Parent taxa Caryophyllaceae > subfam. Polycarpoideae > Drymaria
Sibling taxa
D. cordata, D. depressa, D. effusa, D. glandulosa, D. laxiflora, D. leptophylla, D. pachyphylla, D. viscosa
Synonyms Arenaria molluginea, Alsine molluginea, D. sperguloides
Name authority (Seringe) Didrichsen: Linnaea 29: 738. 1858 
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