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Slender Sandwort - Arenaria serpyllifolia subsp. leptoclados

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Slender Sandwort Slender Sandwort - Arenaria serpyllifolia subsp. leptoclados dylan North Somerset 1 Oct 2021, 2:56 p.m. 26 Sep 2021, 4:23 p.m.
Slender Sandwort Slender Sandwort - Arenaria serpyllifolia subsp. leptoclados dylan North Somerset 1 Oct 2021, 2:56 p.m. 26 Sep 2021, 4:23 p.m.
Slender Sandwort Slender Sandwort - Arenaria serpyllifolia subsp. leptoclados dylan North Somerset 1 Oct 2021, 2:56 p.m. 26 Sep 2021, 4:23 p.m.
Slender Sandwort Slender Sandwort - Arenaria serpyllifolia subsp. leptoclados dylan North Somerset 1 Oct 2021, 2:56 p.m. 26 Sep 2021, 4:23 p.m.

Species Description

Widespread and frequent in the South running from Norwich to Bristol and Southern and Eastern Scotland. Elsewhere it is scattered and scarce or local. Habitat includes: dry, open sites such as cultivated and wasteland, old walls, quarries, bare patches amongst calcareous grassland, roadside verges, railway tracks etc. Growing habit: Winter (sometimes summer) Annual.