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2. Sagina apetala Arduino, Animadv. Bot. Spec. 2:22. 1763. t. 8. fig. 1. 1963; Boiss., Fl. Or. 1:663. 1867; Steinb. in Kom., Fl. URSS. 6:473. 1936; Kashyap, Lahore Dist. Fl. 39. Fig. 26. 1939; Mizushima in Kitam., Fl. Afghan. 114. 1960; Clapham & Jardine in Tulin et al., Fl. Fur. 1:147. 1964; Stewart, Ann. Cat. Vasc. Pl. W. Pak. & Kashm. 250. 1972.
SHAHINA A. GHAZANFAR & YASIN J. NASIR
Low growing annual, up to 9 cm with very delicate, procumbent stems. glabrous or glandular above. Leaves 4-7 mm, linear-subulate, apex acute, base with a hyaline margin, connate, ± sparsely ciliate on the margins. Flowers solitary, 4-merous, white. Sepals 1.5 mm, ovate-oblong, obtuse, persistent. Petals small, caducous. Stamens 8. Capsule exceeding the sepals, dehiscing by 4 valves. Seed minute, deltoid, smooth to finely rugose, dorsally grooved.
Fl. Per.: March-April.
Type: Described from Italy.
Distribution: Europe, W. Asia, N. America, Canary Islands.
Found in Punjab and Hazara region at low altitudes upto 1200 m.
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