Arenaria serpyllifolia




Family Caryophyllaceae
Subfamily Alsinoideae
Tribe Alsineae
Scientific name Arenaria serpyllifolia L.
Synonyms Alsine serpyllifolia (L.) Crantz; Alsinella serpyllifolia (L.) Gray; Arenaria leptoclados (Reichenbach) Gussone; Arenaria lloydii Jordan; Arenaria serpyllifolia L. subsp. euserpyllifolia Briquet; Arenaria serpyllifolia L. subsp. lloydii (Jordan) H. E. Weber; Arenaria serpyllifolia L. subsp. macrocarpa Perring & Sell; Arenaria serpyllifolia L. var. lloydii (Jordan) Gutermann & Mennema; Arenaria serpyllifolia L. var. macrocarpa Lloyd; Arenaria viscida Loiseleur-Deslongchamps; Euthalia serpyllifolia (L.) Ruprecht; Stellaria serpyllifolia (L.) Scopoli
Common name (Japanese common name) nomi-no-tudzuri (ノミノツヅリ or ノミノツズリ, 蚤ノ綴 [meaning: flea dress])
(English common name) thyme-leaf sandwort
Distribution (Japan) Hokkaido, Honshu, Shikoku, Kyushu, Okinawa
(Other nations) Korea, China, Taiwan, Asia, Europa
Habitat Roadside, farm yard
Chromosomal number 2n=20, 40
Description Plants 10-25cm tall. Leaves 3-7mm long, hairy. Flowers white, calyxs 3mm long, 10 stamens, flowering in March to July. Fruits ca. 3mm long. Annual or winter annual plants.
Reference Arenaria serpyllifolia L.
Arenaria serpyllifolia L.
Arenaria serpyllifolia L.
Herbicidal method using diflufenican (US Patent 5013353/1991)
Triazole derivative, herbicidal compositions containing the derivatives and methods of their use (US Patent 5759958/1998)
Herbicidal compositions comprising picolinafen (US Patent 6660692/2003)



May 2008
at roadside
May 2008
at roadside
May 2008
at roadside