Citation: Schischkin in V. Komarov, Fl. U.R.S.S. 6:488 (1936).

Synonymy: Arenaria hybrida Vill., Prosp. 48 (1779); Arenaria tenuifolia L., Sp. Pl. 424 (1753); Alsine tenuifolia (L.)Crantz, Inst. rei Herb. 2:407 (1766); M. tenuifolia (L.)Hiern, J. Bot., Lond. 37:321 (1899).

Common name: Slender-leaved, (or slender or fine-leaved) sandwort.

Description:
Stems erect, 3-20 cm high, branched at the base and above the middle; leaves c. 12 mm long, glabrous, wide at the base, sharply acuminate, sessile and not very prominently 3-nerved.

Flowers on pedicels sometimes longer than the calyx; sepals linear-lanceolate, acute, c. 4 mm long, minutely glandular-hairy, with narrow scarious margins and 3 prominent nerves; petals slightly shorter than the sepals or none; stamens 3-5 or sometimes 10.

Capsule oblong-conical, about as long as the calyx; seeds c. 15, minutely tuberculate, reddish-brown.

Distribution:    Vic.   Native to Europe. Conservation status: naturalised Flowering time: Aug. — Oct.

SA Distribution Map based on current data relating to specimens held in the State Herbarium of South Australia

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