Honckenya
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Honckenya
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H. peploides
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Honckenya peploides, the sea sandwort (UK) or seaside sandplant (Canada),[1] is the only species in the genus Honckenya of the flowering plant family Caryophyllaceae. It is often spelled "Honkenya", and is named after the German botanist Gerhard August Honckeny (or Honkeny).[2] It has a circumboreal distribution.
The plant is a succulent perennial growing at the edge of the sea. It has small greenish white 5-merous flowers with 10 stamens in the male flowers borne in the leaf axils.[3] The fruit capsule opens in 3 valves.
References
- ↑ Integrated taxonomic information system (ITIS). (2009). Retrieved August/04, 2010
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- ↑ New Flora of the British Isles, Stace, 2005, Cambridge University Press
External links
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