Arenaria serpyllifolia

ClassificationDicots
FamilyCaryophyllaceae
Family (Traditional)Caryophyllaceae
GenusArenaria
Species:Arenaria serpyllifolia L.
Common NameThymeleaf Sandwort
Growth Habitforb
Plant Notes**
CharacteristicsArmaments: No; Milky Sap: No; Photosynthetic: Yes; Stipules: No; Woody Herbaceous: Herbaceous; Natural Area Presence: CCNMP; Natural Area Presence: DRU; Natural Area Presence: GILES; Natural Area Presence: GM; Natural Area Presence: GRSM; Natural Area Presence: LC; Natural Area Presence: LGS; Natural Area Presence: LULA; Natural Area Presence: NRG; Duration: Annual; General Ecology: Terrestrial; Growth Habit: forb; Moisture Requirements: Xeric; Moisture Requirements: Sub-xeric; Moisture Requirements: Dry-mesic; Region of Origin: Asia; Region of Origin: Europe; Reproductive Phenology: March; Reproductive Phenology: April; Reproductive Phenology: May; Reproductive Phenology: June; Leaf Arrangement: opposite; Leaf Complexity: simple; Leaf Dissection: 0; Leaf Fragrance: No; Leaf Persistance: Deciduous; Leaf Type: broadleaf; Leaflet Margins: entire; Leaflet Number: 0; Base Flower Color: White; Fruit Dehiscence: Yes; Fruit Type: Capsule; Fruit Wet/Dry: Dry; Hypanthium Present: No; Ovary Position: Superior; Overall Flower Symmetry: Actinomorphic; Ovules per Carpel: 10; Ovules per Carpel: 11; Ovules per Carpel: 12; Ovules per Carpel: 13+; Perianth Present: Yes; Petal Number: 5; Placentation Type: Free Central; Sexuality: monoclinous; Sporangium Arrangement: N/A; Stamen Number: 10
C value N/A
StatusNot Native; AGCP (UPL), EMP (FAC) (NWPL); TN[SNA] KY[SNA] (State Rank); GNR (Global Rank)
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Species Distribution Map

This species has been reported in the counties highlighted in the interactive distribution map below. Click on a county to display the its name. Click the question mark icon () to view additional information about the ecoregions shown. In the map legend, there are links to toggle the visibility of the ecoregions and/or their labels. In addition, clicking on an ecoregion name will highlight that region on the map.

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  • Counties
  • Counties - Species Present
Ecoregions
  • Southeastern Plains
    • Blackland Prarie
  • Blue Ridge Mountains
  • Ridge and Valley
  • Cumberland Plateau
  • Cumberland Mountains
  • Allegheny Plateau
  • Interior Plateau
    • Bluegrass Region
    • Nashville Basin
    • Pennyroyal Karst Plain
    • Western Highland Rim
    • Eastern Highland Rim

Synonyms

SynonymFull Citation
Arenaria leptoclados Arenaria leptoclados (Rchb.) Guss.
Arenaria serpyllifolia subsp. leptoclados Arenaria serpyllifolia subsp. leptoclados

Specimens and Distribution

This species has been reported in the following counties by the herbaria listed. An overview of the individual specimens are provided in the table that follows. Click on the accession number to view details; click on column headers to sort.

Counties included on distribution map: Anderson (KY), Barren (KY), Bracken (KY), Bullitt (KY), Calloway (KY), Campbell (KY), Clark (KY), Fayette (KY), Fleming (KY), Franklin (KY), Gallatin (KY), Garrard (KY), Grant (KY), Hickman (KY), Jefferson (KY), Jessamine (KY), Laurel (KY), Lyon (KY), McCracken (KY), Madison (KY), Mason (KY), Meade (KY), Mercer (KY), Monroe (KY), Oldham (KY), Owen (KY), Pulaski (KY), Robertson (KY), Rockcastle (KY), Rowan (KY), Todd (KY), Trigg (KY), Warren (KY), Woodford (KY), Anderson (TN), Benton (TN), Blount (TN), Campbell (TN), Carroll (TN), Carter (TN), Chester (TN), Davidson (TN), DeKalb (TN), Dyer (TN), Fayette (TN), Fentress (TN), Franklin (TN), Gibson (TN), Giles (TN), Grainger (TN), Hamilton (TN), Hardeman (TN), Hawkins (TN), Haywood (TN), Hickman (TN), Houston (TN), Humphreys (TN), Jackson (TN), Knox (TN), Lake (TN), Loudon (TN), Macon (TN), Madison (TN), Marion (TN), Marshall (TN), Maury (TN), Monroe (TN), Montgomery (TN), Perry (TN), Polk (TN), Putnam (TN), Robertson (TN), Rutherford (TN), Sequatchie (TN), Sevier (TN), Shelby (TN), Smith (TN), Stewart (TN), Sullivan (TN), Tipton (TN), Unicoi (TN), Warren (TN), Washington (TN), Wayne (TN), White (TN), Williamson (TN), Wilson (TN)

Herbaria represented by specimen data listed below: APSC, BEREA, EKY, ETSU, HTTU, KNK, MDKY, MEM, MTSU, TENN, UCHT

Range of years during which specimens were collected: 1940 - 2019

Accession No. (click for full details) County State Coll. Date Collector &
Collection No.
Herbarium &
Herbarium Name Used
31234100367265 Madison Kentucky 04 Jun 1993 Gary W. Libby
OB-380
EKY
Arenaria serpyllifolia
31234100367232 Franklin Kentucky 24 May 1990 Ronald L. Jones
6338
EKY
Arenaria serpyllifolia
BEREA011628 Calloway Kentucky
BEREA
Arenaria serpyllifolia
BEREA011633 Madison Kentucky
BEREA
Arenaria serpyllifolia
BEREA011636 Madison Kentucky
BEREA
Arenaria serpyllifolia
BEREA011627 Calloway Kentucky
BEREA
Arenaria serpyllifolia
BEREA011634 Madison Kentucky
BEREA
Arenaria serpyllifolia
ETSU005633 Unicoi Tennessee 30 May 2011 Frosty Levy
ETSU
Arenaria serpyllifolia
31973000008502 Grant Kentucky
KNK
Arenaria serpyllifolia
TENN-V-0093364 Fentress Tennessee
TENN
Arenaria serpyllifolia
TENN-V-0093371 Hickman Tennessee
TENN
Arenaria serpyllifolia
TENN-V-0093366 Giles Tennessee
TENN
Arenaria serpyllifolia
TENN-V-0093395 Robertson Tennessee
TENN
Arenaria serpyllifolia
TENN-V-0093363 Fayette Tennessee
TENN
Arenaria serpyllifolia
TENN-V-0093376 Knox Tennessee
TENN
Arenaria serpyllifolia
31234100367190 Calloway Kentucky 16 May 1985 Raymond Athey
5083
EKY
Arenaria serpyllifolia
31234100367349 Kentucky 28 May 1989 Ronald L. Jones
6100
EKY
Arenaria serpyllifolia
31234100367174 Anderson Kentucky 01 Jun 1956 Mary E. Wharton
10009
EKY
Arenaria serpyllifolia
31234100367240 Franklin Kentucky 09 May 1983 S. P. Rice
642
EKY
Arenaria serpyllifolia
31234100367216 Clark Kentucky 07 May 1955 Mary Ruth Beckett
293
EKY
Arenaria serpyllifolia
31234100367281 Madison Kentucky 25 Apr 1994 Gary W. Libby
OB-932
EKY
Arenaria serpyllifolia
MDKY00008881 Grant Kentucky
MDKY
Arenaria serpyllifolia
TENN-V-0093358 Chester Tennessee
TENN
Arenaria serpyllifolia
TENN-V-0093357 Chester Tennessee
TENN
Arenaria serpyllifolia
TENN-V-0093389 Marion Tennessee
TENN
Arenaria serpyllifolia
TENN-V-0093378 Knox Tennessee
TENN
Arenaria serpyllifolia
TENN-V-0093380 Lake Tennessee
TENN
Arenaria serpyllifolia
TENN-V-0093365 Gibson Tennessee
TENN
Arenaria serpyllifolia
TENN-V-0093397 Sequatchie Tennessee
TENN
Arenaria serpyllifolia
TENN-V-0093392 Monroe Tennessee
TENN
Arenaria serpyllifolia
31234100367372 Robertson Kentucky 23 Apr 2003 Timothy J. Weckman
8058
EKY
Arenaria serpyllifolia
N/A Carter Tennessee 22 Apr 2012 Frosty Levy
ETSU
Arenaria serpyllifolia
TENN-V-0093404 Wilson Tennessee
TENN
Arenaria serpyllifolia
TENN-V-0093403 White Tennessee
TENN
Arenaria serpyllifolia
TENN-V-0093393 Perry Tennessee
TENN
Arenaria serpyllifolia
TENN-V-0093402 Wayne Tennessee
TENN
Arenaria serpyllifolia
TENN-V-0093401 Tipton Tennessee
TENN
Arenaria serpyllifolia
TENN-V-0093370 Haywood Tennessee
TENN
Arenaria serpyllifolia
TENN-V-0093354 Blount Tennessee
TENN
Arenaria serpyllifolia
TENN-V-0093399 Smith Tennessee
TENN
Arenaria serpyllifolia
TENN-V-0093391 Maury Tennessee
TENN
Arenaria serpyllifolia
TENN-V-0093369 Hawkins Tennessee
TENN
Arenaria serpyllifolia
TENN-V-0093384TENN-V-0093385 Macon Tennessee
TENN
Arenaria serpyllifolia
TENN-V-0093356 Carroll Tennessee
TENN
Arenaria serpyllifolia
TENN-V-0093360 DeKalb Tennessee
TENN
Arenaria serpyllifolia
31234100367257 Jessamine Kentucky 17 Jun 1961 Elizabeth M. Browne
4221.7
EKY
Arenaria serpyllifolia
31234100367323 Madison Kentucky 23 Jun 1978 J. Stuart Lassetter
2952
EKY
Arenaria serpyllifolia
BEREA011639 Monroe Kentucky
BEREA
Arenaria serpyllifolia
BEREA011635 Madison Kentucky
BEREA
Arenaria serpyllifolia
BEREA011640 Trigg Kentucky
BEREA
Arenaria serpyllifolia
31973000008503 Mason Kentucky
KNK
Arenaria serpyllifolia
31973000020115 Campbell Kentucky 08 Jun 2015 Marksberry, Hope
s.n. 1/2
KNK
Arenaria serpyllifolia
MDKY00008882 Rowan Kentucky
MDKY
Arenaria serpyllifolia
TENN-V-0093400 Smith Tennessee
TENN
Arenaria serpyllifolia
TENN-V-0093379 Knox Tennessee
TENN
Arenaria serpyllifolia
TENN-V-0093387 Marion Tennessee
TENN
Arenaria serpyllifolia
TENN-V-0093362 Dyer Tennessee
TENN
Arenaria serpyllifolia
TENN-V-0093382 Loudon Tennessee
TENN
Arenaria serpyllifolia
UCHT011451 Polk Tennessee
UCHT
Arenaria serpyllifolia
31234100367208 Clark Kentucky 07 May 1955 Mary Ruth Beckett
293
EKY
Arenaria serpyllifolia
31234100367224 Fayette Kentucky 10 May 1980 Elizabeth M. Browne
80E5.1
EKY
Arenaria serpyllifolia
31234100367307 Madison Kentucky 29 Apr 1993 Randy L. Mears
93-53
EKY
Arenaria serpyllifolia
31234100367364 Mercer Kentucky 11 Apr 1991 David D. Taylor
15381
EKY
Arenaria serpyllifolia
BEREA011632 Laurel Kentucky
BEREA
Arenaria serpyllifolia
31973000008504 Bracken Kentucky
KNK
Arenaria serpyllifolia
31973000008501 Gallatin Kentucky
KNK
Arenaria serpyllifolia
TENN-V-0093383 Loudon Tennessee
TENN
Arenaria serpyllifolia
TENN-V-0093375 Knox Tennessee
TENN
Arenaria serpyllifolia
TENN-V-0093385 Macon Tennessee
TENN
Arenaria serpyllifolia
TENN-V-0093705 Madison Kentucky
TENN
Arenaria serpyllifolia
TENN-V-0093394 Polk Tennessee
TENN
Arenaria serpyllifolia
UCHT011447 Marion Tennessee
UCHT
Arenaria serpyllifolia
UCHT011454 Fayette Kentucky
UCHT
Arenaria serpyllifolia
31234100367182 Bullitt Kentucky 08 May 1981 Richard H. Hannan
6277
EKY
Arenaria serpyllifolia
BEREA011637 Madison Kentucky
BEREA
Arenaria serpyllifolia
BEREA011629 Calloway Kentucky
BEREA
Arenaria serpyllifolia
ETSU005947 Carter Tennessee 18 Jun 2012 Frosty Levy
ETSU
Arenaria serpyllifolia
31973000008505 Campbell Kentucky
KNK
Arenaria serpyllifolia
31973000008506 Campbell Kentucky
KNK
Arenaria serpyllifolia
TENN-V-0093372 Jackson Tennessee
TENN
Arenaria serpyllifolia
TENN-V-0093361 DeKalb Tennessee
TENN
Arenaria serpyllifolia
TENN-V-0093355 Campbell Tennessee
TENN
Arenaria serpyllifolia
TENN-V-0093377 Knox Tennessee
TENN
Arenaria serpyllifolia
TENN-V-0093373 Jackson Tennessee
TENN
Arenaria serpyllifolia
TENN-V-0093372TENN-V-0093373 Jackson Tennessee
TENN
Arenaria serpyllifolia
UCHT011456 Marion Tennessee
UCHT
Arenaria serpyllifolia
APSC0019339 Stewart Tennessee
APSC
Arenaria serpyllifolia
31234100367299 Madison Kentucky 05 May 1984 Ronald L. Jones
4257
EKY
Arenaria serpyllifolia
31234100367315 Madison Kentucky 08 Jun 1981 Richard H. Hannan
6843
EKY
Arenaria serpyllifolia
N/A Unicoi Tennessee 27 Apr 2014 Frosty Levy
ETSU
Arenaria serpyllifolia
31973000008507 Davidson Tennessee
KNK
Arenaria serpyllifolia
31973000008499 Oldham Kentucky
KNK
Arenaria serpyllifolia
TENN-V-0093704 Fayette Kentucky
TENN
Arenaria serpyllifolia
TENN-V-0093386 Madison Tennessee
TENN
Arenaria serpyllifolia
TENN-V-0093353 Benton Tennessee
TENN
Arenaria serpyllifolia
TENN-V-0093368 Hamilton Tennessee
TENN
Arenaria serpyllifolia
UCHT011448 Hamilton Tennessee
UCHT
Arenaria serpyllifolia
UCHT011450 Putnam Tennessee
UCHT
Arenaria serpyllifolia
UCHT011455 Fayette Kentucky
UCHT
Arenaria serpyllifolia
APSC0059481 Warren Kentucky
APSC
Arenaria serpyllifolia
APSC0022884 Davidson Tennessee
APSC
Arenaria serpyllifolia
APSC0019346 Trigg Kentucky
APSC
Arenaria serpyllifolia
31234100367273 Madison Kentucky 24 May 1993 Gary W. Libby
OB-280
EKY
Arenaria serpyllifolia
31234100367356 Madison Kentucky 29 Apr 1991 John Richard Abbott
81
EKY
Arenaria serpyllifolia
31234100367331 Madison Kentucky 05 May 1984 Ronald L. Jones
4257
EKY
Arenaria serpyllifolia
BEREA011631 Garrard Kentucky
BEREA
Arenaria serpyllifolia
BEREA011630 Garrard Kentucky
BEREA
Arenaria serpyllifolia
BEREA011638 Madison Kentucky
BEREA
Arenaria serpyllifolia
31973000008500 Fayette Kentucky
KNK
Arenaria serpyllifolia
MDKY00008883 Fleming Kentucky
MDKY
Arenaria serpyllifolia
TENN-V-0093359 Davidson Tennessee
TENN
Arenaria serpyllifolia
TENN-V-0093381 Loudon Tennessee
TENN
Arenaria serpyllifolia
UCHT011457 Marion Tennessee
UCHT
Arenaria serpyllifolia
APSC0019355 Maury Tennessee
APSC
Arenaria serpyllifolia
APSC0059479 Warren Kentucky
APSC
Arenaria serpyllifolia
APSC0032334 Chester Tennessee
APSC
Arenaria serpyllifolia
APSC0085452 Hardeman Tennessee
APSC
Arenaria serpyllifolia
TENN-V-0093352 Anderson Tennessee
TENN
Arenaria serpyllifolia
TENN-V-0093367 Grainger Tennessee
TENN
Arenaria serpyllifolia
TENN-V-0093390 Marshall Tennessee
TENN
Arenaria serpyllifolia
TENN-V-0093396 Rutherford Tennessee
TENN
Arenaria serpyllifolia
TENN-V-0093398 Sevier Tennessee
TENN
Arenaria serpyllifolia
UCHT011449 Warren Tennessee
UCHT
Arenaria serpyllifolia
APSC0110018 Todd Kentucky 17 Apr 2019 Mason Brock
APSC
Arenaria serpyllifolia
APSC0019343 Trigg Kentucky
APSC
Arenaria serpyllifolia
APSC0019351 Montgomery Tennessee
APSC
Arenaria serpyllifolia
APSC0056586 Franklin Kentucky 21 May 1979 Max Medley
APSC
Arenaria serpyllifolia
APSC0111729 Jefferson Kentucky
APSC
Arenaria serpyllifolia
APSC0019358 Fayette Tennessee
APSC
Arenaria serpyllifolia
APSC0089845 Woodford Kentucky
APSC
Arenaria serpyllifolia
HTTU006400 Tennessee
HTTU
Arenaria serpyllifolia
MTSU015977 Franklin Tennessee 04 Apr 2009 Ashley Rose
23
MTSU
Arenaria serpyllifolia
APSC0076100 Campbell Kentucky
APSC
Arenaria serpyllifolia
APSC0019359 Giles Tennessee
APSC
Arenaria serpyllifolia
APSC0018922 Trigg Kentucky
APSC
Arenaria serpyllifolia
APSC0019341 Stewart Tennessee
APSC
Arenaria serpyllifolia
APSC0110003 Davidson Tennessee
APSC
Arenaria serpyllifolia
APSC0089844 Meade Kentucky
APSC
Arenaria serpyllifolia
APSC0019336 Stewart Tennessee
APSC
Arenaria serpyllifolia
HTTU013937 DeKalb Tennessee
HTTU
Arenaria serpyllifolia
MTSU015965 Wayne Tennessee 26 Apr 1940 Fount R. Love
MTSU
Arenaria serpyllifolia
ETSU034548 Carter Tennessee
ETSU
Arenaria serpyllifolia
MEM014081 Hickman Kentucky 22 Apr 1978 Raymond Athey
3935
MEM
Arenaria serpyllifolia
APSC0019342 Trigg Kentucky
APSC
Arenaria serpyllifolia
APSC0019350 Montgomery Tennessee
APSC
Arenaria serpyllifolia
APSC0019349 Montgomery Tennessee
APSC
Arenaria serpyllifolia
ETSU009898 Washington Tennessee 26 Apr 2017 Frosty Levy
ETSU
Arenaria serpyllifolia
MEM006630 McCracken Kentucky 06 May 1972 Raymond Athey
1655
MEM
Arenaria serpyllifolia
APSC0022885 Jessamine Kentucky 09 May 1971 Jerry and Carol Baskin
APSC
Arenaria serpyllifolia
APSC0019352 Houston Tennessee
APSC
Arenaria serpyllifolia
APSC0070713 Jessamine Kentucky 01 Jun 1984 Max Medley
APSC
Arenaria serpyllifolia
APSC0019356 Humphreys Tennessee
APSC
Arenaria serpyllifolia
APSC0085826 Pulaski Kentucky 10 Jun 1980 John Macgregor
APSC
Arenaria serpyllifolia
APSC0089841 Owen Kentucky
APSC
Arenaria serpyllifolia
APSC0089843 Campbell Kentucky
APSC
Arenaria serpyllifolia
APSC0059486 Barren Kentucky 01 Jun 1978 G.P. Johnson
APSC
Arenaria serpyllifolia
TENN-V-0093360TENN-V-0093361 DeKalb Tennessee
TENN
Arenaria serpyllifolia
TENN-V-0093384 Macon Tennessee
TENN
Arenaria serpyllifolia
TENN-V-0093374 Knox Tennessee
TENN
Arenaria serpyllifolia
UCHT011452 Polk Tennessee
UCHT
Arenaria serpyllifolia
APSC0019340 Stewart Tennessee
APSC
Arenaria serpyllifolia
APSC0056591 Franklin Kentucky 23 Jun 1979 Max Medley
APSC
Arenaria serpyllifolia
APSC0056597 Pulaski Kentucky 16 May 1980 Max Medley
APSC
Arenaria serpyllifolia
APSC0019345 Lyon Kentucky
APSC
Arenaria serpyllifolia
MTSU015964 Williamson Tennessee 22 Apr 1985 Jane Springer
48
MTSU
Arenaria serpyllifolia
TENN-V-0229586 Warren Tennessee
TENN
Arenaria serpyllifolia
ETSU015029 Unicoi Tennessee
14025
ETSU
Arenaria serpyllifolia
APSC0019338 Stewart Tennessee
APSC
Arenaria serpyllifolia
APSC0019353 Montgomery Tennessee
APSC
Arenaria serpyllifolia
APSC0082903 Franklin Kentucky
APSC
Arenaria serpyllifolia
APSC0059487 McCracken Kentucky
APSC
Arenaria serpyllifolia
APSC0050581 Warren Tennessee
APSC
Arenaria serpyllifolia
MTSU015987 Rutherford Tennessee 18 Mar 2002 Dwayne Coleman
MTSU
Arenaria serpyllifolia
ETSU034548ETSU034547 Carter Tennessee
ETSU
Arenaria serpyllifolia
TENN-V-0093388 Marion Tennessee
TENN
Arenaria serpyllifolia
UCHT011458 Marion Tennessee
UCHT
Arenaria serpyllifolia
APSC0019337 Stewart Tennessee
APSC
Arenaria serpyllifolia
APSC0051138 Chester Tennessee
APSC
Arenaria serpyllifolia
APSC0019357 Perry Tennessee
APSC
Arenaria serpyllifolia
APSC0110176 Putnam Tennessee
APSC
Arenaria serpyllifolia
APSC0089842 Bullitt Kentucky
APSC
Arenaria serpyllifolia
MTSU015984 Rutherford Tennessee 07 Apr 2003 Shelly Boyd
MTSU
Arenaria serpyllifolia
BEREA025361 Rockcastle Kentucky
BEREA
Arenaria serpyllifolia
ETSU015030 Sullivan Tennessee
ETSU
Arenaria serpyllifolia
APSC0019344 Trigg Kentucky
APSC
Arenaria serpyllifolia
APSC0059480 Warren Kentucky
APSC
Arenaria serpyllifolia
APSC0019354 Houston Tennessee
APSC
Arenaria serpyllifolia
MTSU015963 Rutherford Tennessee 03 Apr 2011 Dash Hubbard
42
MTSU
Arenaria serpyllifolia
MEM012194 Shelby Tennessee 18 Apr 1978 James R. Browne
s.n.
MEM
Arenaria serpyllifolia
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