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Polycarpon tetraphyllum

four-leaf all-seed, four-leaf many-seed

Polycarpon tetraphyllum
Distribution
from FNA
AL; CA; FL; GA; SC; TX; BC; s Europe (Mediterranean region); considered cosmopolitan via introduction
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Discussion

Subspecies 3 (1 in the flora).

The flowers of Polycarpon tetraphyllum are said to be homogamous, self-pollinated, and often cleistogamous.

(Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.)
Source FNA vol. 5, p. 26.
Parent taxa Caryophyllaceae > subfam. Polycarpoideae > Polycarpon
Sibling taxa
P. depressum
Subordinate taxa
P. tetraphyllum subsp. tetraphyllum
Synonyms Mollugo tetraphylla
Name authority (Linnaeus) Linnaeus: Syst. Nat. ed. 10, 2: 881. (1759)
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