Moehringia macrophylla (Hook.) Fenzl
big-leaved sandwort (largeleaf sandwort)
Caryophyllaceae (Pink family)
Introduction to Vascular Plants
big-leaved sandwort (largeleaf sandwort)
Caryophyllaceae (Pink family)
Introduction to Vascular Plants
Species Information
General:
Perennial herb from an extensive slender rhizome; often forming loosely matted patches with many sterile as well as floriferous stems; stems decumbent to erect, several, usually branching, short rough-hairy, 3- or often 4-angled, 5-25 cm long.
Leaves:
Basal leaves lacking; stem leaves opposite, numerous, linear-elliptic to lanceolate, abruptly sharp-pointed, 2-5 cm long, 2-12 mm wide, essentially glabrous; stipules lacking.
Flowers:
Inflorescence of 2-5, rarely solitary, flowers in a slender, pedunculate, terminal and lateral, minutely bracted cluster; petals 5, oblong, blunt, white, 2-10 mm long; sepals 5, 2.5-6 mm long, narrowly egg-shaped, abruptly sharp-pointed or long-pointed, usually whiskery.
Fruits:
Capsules globose-egg-shaped, 3-5 mm long, 6-valved; seeds few, smooth, with a prominent fleshy appendage.
Illustration
If more than one illustration is available for a species (e.g., separate illustrations were provided for two subspecies) then links to the separate images will be provided below. Note that individual subspecies or varietal illustrations are not always available.
Illustration Source: The Illustrated Flora of British Columbia
Ecology
Ecological Framework for Moehringia macrophylla
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 |
||
|
Avg |
Min |
Max |
|
| Elevation
(metres) |
427 | 9 | 1964 |
| Slope
Gradient (%) |
34 | 0 | 135 |
|
Aspect (degrees) |
177 | 23 | 360 |
| Soil
Moisture Regime (SMR) [0 - very xeric; 4 - mesic; 8 - hydric] |
2 | 0 | 8 |
| Modal
Nutrient Regime
Class |
C | ||
| #
of field plots species was recorded in: |
116 | ||
| Modal
BEC Zone Class |
CDF | ||
|
All BEC Zones (# of stations/zone) species was recorded in |
CDF(62), CWH(31), ESSF(6), IDF(5), MS(2), PP(3), SBPS(1) | ||
|
Source:
Klinkenberg 2013
|
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Habitat and Range
Moist to dry forests and rocky slopes in the lowland, steppe and montane zones; common in extreme S BC, rare northward to 55degreeN; N to NT, E to PQ and S to NM and CA.Status Information
Synonyms
Synonyms and Alternate Names:
Arenaria macrophylla Hook.