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Sabulina tenuifolia (L.) Rchb.

fine-leaved sandwort (Caryophyllaceae)

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Synonym | Minuartia hybrida (Vill.) Schischk.

Sabulina tenuifolia is a diminutive annual plant, found mainly on Salisbury Plain and in Breckland.

Stonehouse (VC33: East Gloucestershire); 2019-05-27

 fine-leaved sandwort / Sabulina tenuifolia: _Sabulina tenuifolia_ is a diminutive annual plant, found mainly on Salisbury Plain and in Breckland.

The petals of Sabulina tenuifolia are shorter than the sepals, and the leaves of its lateral shoots are clustered into ‘knots’ in the axils of the stem leaves.

Stonehouse (VC33: East Gloucestershire); 2019-05-27

 fine-leaved sandwort / Sabulina tenuifolia: The petals of _Sabulina tenuifolia_ are shorter than the sepals, and the leaves of its lateral shoots are clustered into ‘knots’ in the axils of the stem leaves.

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