Corrigiola litoralis subsp. litoralis

Treatment appears in FNA Volume 5. Treatment on page 49.

Plants annual or biennial, glabrous, glaucous. Stems 5–50 cm. Leaves mostly alternate; blade lance-oblong to linear-oblanceolate, 5–30 mm, base narrowed to obscure petiole. Pedicels articulated, to 1 mm. Flowers: sepals 1–1.5 mm; staminodes white to pink, sometimes red-tipped. Utricles 1–2 mm. 2n = 16, 18, 32, 54 (Europe).


Phenology: Flowering summer–fall.
Habitat: Waste places, ballasts, grassy areas
Elevation: 0-200 m

Distribution

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Introduced; B.C., Md., Oreg., Eurasia

Discussion

Historical records from ballast grounds at Camden, New Jersey (1870s), and Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, exist, as well as a single report as a garden weed from Massachusetts (1900?; Manning s.n., GH).

Selected References

None.

Lower Taxa

None.
54 +, 32 +, 18 +  and 16 +
blunt;obtuse;acuminate +
John W. Thieret +  and Richard K. Rabeler +
Linnaeus +
stipulate +  and petiolate +
not +  and connate +
narrowed +
often +  and needlelike +
lance-oblong +  and linear-oblanceolate +
0.5 cm5 mm <br />0.005 m <br /> (3 cm30 mm <br />0.03 m <br />) +
not succulent +
smaller +
dish--shaped +
expanded +
B.C. +, Md. +, Oreg. +  and Eurasia +
0-200 m +
peripheral +
unisexual +  and bisexual +
sometimes +  and indehiscent +
stalked +  and simple +
Waste places, ballasts, grassy areas +
axillary +  and terminal +
sessile +  and petiolate +
connate +
all +  and distalmost +
white-scarious +
not apparent +
swollen +
3 +  and 5 +
crassinucellate +  and bitegmic +
campylotropous +
0 cm0 mm <br />0 m <br /> (0.1 cm1 mm <br />0.001 m <br />) +
fugacious +
4 +  and 5 +
Flowering summer–fall. +
papillose +
not compressed +, subglobose +  and reniform +
reddish-brown +  and green +
persistent +
distinct +
0.1 cm1 mm <br />0.001 m <br /> (0.15 cm1.5 mm <br />0.0015 m <br />) +
Introduced +  and Illustrated +
red-tipped +, white +  and pink +
ovate +  and oblong +
decumbent;ascending +
5 cm50 mm <br />0.05 m <br /> (50 cm500 mm <br />0.5 m <br />) +
papillate +
distinct +
0.01 cm0.1 mm <br />1.0e-4 m <br /> (0.02 cm0.2 mm <br />2.0e-4 m <br />) +
Corrigiola litoralis subsp. litoralis +
Corrigiola litoralis +
subspecies +
divided +
0.1 cm1 mm <br />0.001 m <br /> (?) +  and 0.2 cm2 mm <br />0.002 m <br /> (?) +
8 (?) +  and 10 (?) +
not rhizomatous +  and taprooted +
biennial +  and annual +
glaucous +  and glabrous +