Minuartia recurva, the recurved sandwort or sickle-leaved sandwort,[2] is a rare tufted, calcifugous chamaephyte perennial flowering plant in the family Caryophyllaceae. It blooms from late spring to the end of summer.[3]
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Order: | Caryophyllales |
| Family: | Caryophyllaceae |
| Genus: | Minuartia |
| Species: | M. recurva
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| Minuartia recurva | |
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Description
editThis perennial, densely tufted, hairy plant has a woody base and flowering stems up to 15 cm (6 in) in length. The stems are wiry and lignified, with acicular leaves with three veins, curving to the side to a greater of lesser extent. The flowers are grouped in glandular flower-heads, the individual flowers being white and five-petaled. The inflorescence is a 1–8-flowered cyme. Sepals are 3 to 6 mm (0.12 to 0.24 in) long with 5–7 veins and are ovate-lanceolate; petals are 4 to 8 mm (0.16 to 0.31 in) long and ovate. The fruit is an ovoid capsule up to 5 mm (0.20 in) in length.[4]
Distribution
editMinuartia recurva is found in mountainous regions of southern Europe and southwest Asia.
It is also found in Ireland's Caha Mountains, first noted there in 1964.[5][6]
Gallery
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In the Canton of Valais -
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References
edit- ^ "Minuartia recurva : Recurved Sandwort - NBN Atlas". species.nbnatlas.org.
- ^ "Minuartia recurva (MTIRE)[Overview]- EPPO Global Database". gd.eppo.int.
- ^ Dang, Xiaodong (1 September 2012). "Application of High Resolution Melting analysis for haplotype detection in phylogeographic research and case studies of Arenaria ciliata, A. norvegica and Minuartia recurva (Caryophyllaceae)" – via mural.maynoothuniversity.ie.
- ^ Walters, Stuart Max; Cullen, James (10 April 1984). The European Garden Flora: A Manual for the Identification of Plants Cultivated in Europe, Both Out-of-doors and Under Glass. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 9780521361712 – via Google Books.
- ^ "Minuartia recurva - Online Atlas of the British and Irish Flora". www.brc.ac.uk.
- ^ "Irish botanical news: March 2000" (PDF). The Committee for Ireland Botanical Society of the British Isles. 2000. pp. 32, 42. Retrieved 30 March 2020.