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Honckenya
Genus of Caryophyllaceae plants / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Honckenya peploides, the sea sandwort (UK) or seaside sandplant (Canada),[2] is the only species in the genus Honckenya of the plant family Caryophyllaceae. Other common names include sea chickweed, sea pimpernal, sea-beach sandwort,[3] and sea purslane.[4] The scientific name is often spelled "Honkenya", and is named after the German botanist Gerhard August Honckeny (or Honkeny).[5] This plant has a circumboreal distribution.
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Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Order: | Caryophyllales |
Family: | Caryophyllaceae |
Genus: | Honckenya Ehrh. |
Species: | H. peploides |
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The plant is a succulent perennial growing at the edge of the sea. It has small greenish white pentamerous flowers with 10 stamens in the male flowers borne in the leaf axils.[6] The fruit capsule opens in three valves.