Moehringia trinervia, (L.) Clairv.

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 : 124

1. M. trinervia (L.) Clairv. , Man. Herb. 150 (1811)

( Arenaria trinervia L. ).

Annual or short-lived perennial with procumbent or ascending, pubescent stems up to 40 cm. Leaves 25 mm, ovate, acute, 3- to 5-veined, ciliate; the lower leaves petiolate, the upper subsessile. Flowers 5-merous, solitary and axillary or in fewflowered cymes; pedicels slender, pubescent. Sepals 4-5 mm, lanceolate, 3-veined, with wide, scarious, ciliate margins; petals as long as sepals. Capsule included. Seeds reddish-black, with a small, laciniate strophiole. 2/7 = 24. Woods and shady places. Almost throughout Europe. All except Az BI Fa Is Sb.