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Arenaria leptoclados (Rchb.) Guss.

slender sandwort (Caryophyllaceae)

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Synonym | Arenaria serpyllifolia subsp. leptoclados (Rchb.) Nyman

Arenaria leptoclados is a slender annual of bare sand and thin, lime-rich soils; like Arenaria serpyllifolia, its petals are shorter than its sepals.

Goring-on-Thames (VC23: Oxfordshire); 2014-06-06

 slender sandwort / Arenaria leptoclados: _Arenaria leptoclados_ is a slender annual of bare sand and thin, lime-rich soils; like _Arenaria serpyllifolia_, its petals are shorter than its sepals.

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