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Slender Sandwort - Arenaria leptoclados

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Slender Sandwort Slender Sandwort - Arenaria leptoclados dylan Bristol 7 Aug 2024, 7:04 p.m. 2 Aug 2024, 3:04 p.m.
Slender Sandwort Slender Sandwort - Arenaria leptoclados dylan Bristol 7 Aug 2024, 7:04 p.m. 2 Aug 2024, 3:06 p.m.
Slender Sandwort Slender Sandwort - Arenaria leptoclados dylan Bristol 7 Aug 2024, 7:04 p.m. 2 Aug 2024, 2:52 p.m.
Slender Sandwort Slender Sandwort - Arenaria leptoclados dylan Bristol 7 Aug 2024, 7:04 p.m. 2 Aug 2024, 2:52 p.m.
Slender Sandwort Slender Sandwort - Arenaria leptoclados dylan Bristol 7 Aug 2024, 7:04 p.m. 2 Aug 2024, 2:53 p.m.
Slender Sandwort Slender Sandwort - Arenaria leptoclados dylan Bristol 7 Aug 2024, 7:04 p.m. 2 Aug 2024, 2:53 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 (or sometimes summer) Annual.

Useful Links:

Online Atlas of the British and Irish Flora

Kew

GBIF

NBN (as A. serpyllifolia subsp. leptoclados)