Honckenya peploides (L.) Ehrh.
Sea-beach Sandwort (seabeach sandwort; seaside sandplant)
Caryophyllaceae (Pink family)
Introduction to Vascular Plants
Sea-beach Sandwort (seabeach sandwort; seaside sandplant)
Caryophyllaceae (Pink family)
Introduction to Vascular Plants
SUBTAXA PRESENT IN BC
Honckenya peploides ssp. major
Species Information
General:
Succulent perennial herb from a deep taproot and slender rhizomes; forming mats to 80 cm across or more; stems numerous, trailing, usually freely branching, glabrous, flowering stems prostrate to erect, 5-40 cm tall/long.
Leaves:
Basal leaves lacking; stem leaves opposite, 3-10 pairs or more, from lanceolate to egg-shaped, sharp-pointed to obtuse, 1-4 cm long, 3-20 mm wide, fleshy, yellowish-green, glabrous, often with sterile axillary shoots; stipules lacking.
Flowers:
Inflorescence of solitary or a few flowers in the upper leaf axils, perfect or unisexual; petals 5, greenish-white, egg-shaped, 2-3 mm long; sepals 5, egg-shaped to lanceolate, 4-7 mm long, glabrous.
Fruits:
Capsules globose or nearly so, 6-10 mm long, 3- to 5-valved; seeds chestnut brown, 3-4.5 mm long, smooth.
Ecology
Ecological Framework for Honckenya peploides
The table below shows the species-specific information calculated from
original data (BEC database) provided by the BC Ministry of Forests and Range.
(Updated August, 2013)
The table below shows the species-specific information calculated from
original data (BEC database) provided by the BC Ministry of Forests and Range.
(Updated August, 2013)
| Site Information |
Value / Class |
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Avg |
Min |
Max |
|
| Elevation
(metres) |
1 | 0 | 2 |
| Slope
Gradient (%) |
2 | 0 | 5 |
|
Aspect (degrees) |
0 | ||
| Soil
Moisture Regime (SMR) [0 - very xeric; 4 - mesic; 8 - hydric] |
2 | 2 | 2 |
| Modal
Nutrient Regime
Class |
A | ||
| #
of field plots species was recorded in: |
3 | ||
| Modal
BEC Zone Class |
CWH | ||
|
All BEC Zones (# of stations/zone) species was recorded in |
CWH(3) | ||
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Source:
Klinkenberg 2013
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