Arenaria norvegica, Gunnerus

Tutin, T. G., Heywood, V. H., Burges, N. A., Moore, D. M., Valentine, D. H., Walters, S. M. & Webb, D. A., 1964, Flora Europaea - Volume 1. Lycopodiaceae to Platanaceae, Cambridge University Press : 120

21. A. norvegica Gunnerus , Fl. Norvegica 2: 144 (1772).

Annual to perennial herb forming lax tufts 3-7 cm high. Leaves oblanceolate, glabrous, often slightly cibate below, obscurely veined. Cymes 1 - to 2(-4)-flowered; pedicels 1-3 times as long as sepals, slightly scabrid. Sepals 3-4 mm, ovate, glabrous, often with a few basal cilia, 3-veined, the lateral veins often obscure; petals 4-5- 5 mm, exceeding the sepals; anthers white. Capsule equalling or slightly exceeding sepals, conical. Seeds 0-8-1 mm, black, dull, with low broad tubercles. • N. W. Europe, extending to W. Sweden. Br Hb Is No Su.