Flora of North America species comparison

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Polycarpon depressum

California manyseed, California polycarpon
Stems

prostrate, 1–6 cm.
Leaves

opposite, not whorled;

stipules 0.4–1.2 mm;

blade spatulate to obovate or oblanceolate, 3–9 mm.
Inflorescence

bracts mostly present.
Flowers

sepals flat or sometimes barely keeled, 1–1.5 mm;

petals linear to elliptic, 0.8–1 mm, 1/2 times as long as sepals;

stamens 3–5.
Capsules

not clasped by calyx, spherical, valve margins straight or only slightly rolled inward after dehiscence.
Seeds

obliquely triangular, 0.4–0.5 mm, finely granular.

Polycarpon depressum
Phenology Flowering spring–summer.
Habitat Sandy places, fields, weedy areas
Elevation 0-500 m (0-1600 ft)
Distribution
from FNA
CA; Mexico (Baja California)
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Source FNA vol. 5, p. 26.
Parent taxa Caryophyllaceae > subfam. Polycarpoideae > Polycarpon
Sibling taxa
P. tetraphyllum
Name authority Nuttall: in J. Torrey and A. Gray, SFl. N. Amer. 1: 174. (1838)
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