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Thu, Aug 9, 12 at 23:25
| I found this widely branched, 5 inch tall plant today on a sunny patch of disturbed soil. It appeared to be smooth, with filiform leaves and branched leaflets as shown in the photos. Flowers were in cymes (mostly 5-6 each) on what looked like a bladder, which was sometimes round, sometimes flattened, and typically had 10 ribs. The white flowers each had 5 petals and (I think) 3 stamens. Each flower was no larger than the head of a pin. I thought this was probably in the Caryophyllaceae family, and first checked Silene options. When that didn�t produce a match, I tried to run the family key; but, was missing some critical detail. It seems that those bladder and leaf characteristics should be definitive, so am curious to see if you can determine species or genus.
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| Try Apiaceae. |
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| Thanks nonmember. I ran the family key and think my plant may be one of the Ptilimnium species. I'm leaning toward P. costatum, but am still checking resources. Appreciate the help! |
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| its not caryophyllaceae. apiacease looks right |
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