Scleranthus annuus
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Growing form
Annual or biennial herb.
Size
5–25 cm high.
Stem
The stem is grayish or yellowish green, and procumbent or ascending.
Leaf
The leaves are opposite, exstipulate, connate at the base, acicular, fimbriate at the base and 6–13 mm long.
Flower
The inflorescence is a dichasium. The flowers are bisexual. The corolla is absent. The calyx is five-lobed, green and connate with the gynoecium. The lobes are acute with a narrow hyaline margin. There are two styles in the gynoecium. The ovary is almost inferior. The bracts extend above the coflorescences.
Fruit and seed
The fruit is an achene with a single seed.
Observations in Finland
The map represents observations of this taxon, but it may not be used as a distribution map.
A total of ?
squares
Observations
- Total squares
Species card
Checklist
MR.1
Scientific name
Scleranthus annuus
Author
L.
Vernacular names
- viherjäsenruoho (Finnish)
- grönknavel (Swedish)
Identifier
http://tun.fi/MX.38092
Taxon rank
species
Occurrence in Finland
Collected from Finland
Status in Finland
- TOV - alien, old, resident (archaeophyte)
Regulatory Status
Vascular plants – SUMI Project 2022 ?
Finnish Regional Red List Category
- 2019 LC – Least Concern
- 2010 LC – Least Concern
Expert
- Arto Kurtto
DNA barcode sequences
Informal groups
- Vascular plants
Taxon information in machine-readable form
Subordinate taxa