Fringed Rupturewort
Scientific name: Herniaria ciliolata Melderis
Diagnostic features
Evergreen perennial.
Differs from Herniaria glabra in stems strongly woody below; fruit obtuse to subobtuse, scarcely or not exceeding sepals; and seeds c.0.7-0.8mm.
Inflorescence shape, leaf pubescence and sepal length and pubescence, often used to separate Herniaria ciliolata and Herniaria glabra, seem unreliable.
Habitat
Native; maritime sandy and rocky places.
This species is keyed out on Page 2109 in the Text Key.
Key to the subspecies:
a. Stems hairy on 1 (usually upper) side; leaves ovate to obovate.
........................ Herniaria ciliolata ciliolata.
b. Stems hairy all round; leaves narrowly elliptic.
..................... Herniaria ciliolata subciliata.
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