Plants Profile for Arenaria serpyllifolia (thymeleaf sandwort)

General Information
Symbol:	ARSE2
Group:	Dicot
Family:	Caryophyllaceae
Duration:	Annual
Growth Habit:	Forb/herb
Native Status:	CAN I HI I L48 I SPM I
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	Native		Introduced		Both		Absent/Unreported
	Native, No County Data		Introduced, No County Data		Both, No County Data

Native Status:

L48

NAV

CAN

SPM

Images

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Patrick J. Alexander. Usage Requirements.

Carole Ritchie. Provided by ARS Systematic Botany and Mycology Laboratory. Sweden. Usage Requirements.

©Jeff McMillian. Provided by Almost Eden. United States, LA. Usage Requirements.

©Jim Stasz. Usage Requirements.

Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913. An illustrated flora of the northern United States, Canada and the British Possessions. 3 vols. Charles Scribner's Sons, New York. Vol. 2: 53. Provided by Kentucky Native Plant Society. Scanned by Omnitek Inc. Usage Requirements.

Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913. An illustrated flora of the northern United States, Canada and the British Possessions. 3 vols. Charles Scribner's Sons, New York. Vol. 2: 52. Provided by Kentucky Native Plant Society. Scanned by Omnitek Inc. Usage Requirements.

Synonyms

Symbol	Scientific Name
ARLE3	Arenaria leptoclados (Rchb.) Guss.
ARSEL	Arenaria serpyllifolia L. ssp. leptoclados (Rchb.) Nyman
ARSES2	Arenaria serpyllifolia L. ssp. serpyllifolia
ARSET	Arenaria serpyllifolia L. var. tenuior Mert. & W.D.J. Koch

Classification

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Rank	Scientific Name and Common Name
Kingdom	Plantae – Plants
Subkingdom	Tracheobionta – Vascular plants
Superdivision	Spermatophyta – Seed plants
Division	Magnoliophyta – Flowering plants
Class	Magnoliopsida – Dicotyledons
Subclass	Caryophyllidae
Order	Caryophyllales
Family	Caryophyllaceae – Pink family
Genus	Arenaria L. – sandwort
Species	Arenaria serpyllifolia L. – thymeleaf sandwort

Subordinate Taxa

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Wetland Status

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Top Level Regions
Hawaii	UPL

North America
Arid West	FACU
Atlantic and Gulf Coastal Plain	UPL
Eastern Mountains and Piedmont	FAC
Great Plains	FACU
Midwest	FAC
Northcentral & Northeast	FAC
Western Mountains, Valleys, and Coast	FACU