Minuartia recurva

Minuartia recurva, the recurved sandwort or sickle-leaved sandwort,[2] is a rare tufted, calcifugous chamaephyte perennial herb of the family Caryophyllaceae. It blooms from late spring to the end of summer.[3]

Minuartia recurva
In the Atlas der Alpenflora (1882)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Order: Caryophyllales
Family: Caryophyllaceae
Genus: Minuartia
Species:
M. recurva
Binomial name
Minuartia recurva
Synonyms

Alsine recurva ((All.) Wahlenb.)

Description

This perennial, densely tufted, hairy plant has a woody base and flowering stems up to 15 cm (6 in) in length. The stems are wiry and lignified, with acicular leaves with three veins, curving to the side to a greater of lesser extent. The flowers are grouped in glandular flower-heads, the individual flowers being white and five-petaled. The inflorescence is a 1–8-flowered cyme. Sepals are 3 to 6 mm (0.12 to 0.24 in) long with 5–7 veins and are ovate-lanceolate; petals are 4 to 8 mm (0.16 to 0.31 in) long and ovate. The fruit is an ovoid capsule up to 5 mm (0.20 in) in length.[4]

Distribution

Minuartia recurva is found in mountainous regions of southern Europe and southwest Asia.

It is also found in Ireland's Caha Mountains, first noted there in 1964.[5][6]

  • M. recurva in the Canton of Valais
  • M. recurva in the Pyrenees
  • M. recurva in Berlin-Dahlem Botanical Garden and Botanical Museum

References
  1. "Minuartia recurva : Recurved Sandwort - NBN Atlas". species.nbnatlas.org.
  2. "Minuartia recurva (MTIRE)[Overview]- EPPO Global Database". gd.eppo.int.
  3. Dang, Xiaodong (1 September 2012). "Application of High Resolution Melting analysis for haplotype detection in phylogeographic research and case studies of Arenaria ciliata, A. norvegica and Minuartia recurva (Caryophyllaceae)" – via mural.maynoothuniversity.ie.
  4. Walters, Stuart Max; Cullen, James (10 April 1984). "The European Garden Flora: A Manual for the Identification of Plants Cultivated in Europe, Both Out-of-doors and Under Glass". Cambridge University Press – via Google Books.
  5. "Minuartia recurva - Online Atlas of the British and Irish Flora". www.brc.ac.uk.
  6. "Irish botanical news: March 2000" (PDF). The Committee for Ireland Botanical Society of the British Isles. 2000. pp. 32, 42. Retrieved 30 March 2020.
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