Polycarpon tetraphyllum
Polycarpon tetraphyllum
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Usually annual. Stems much branched, ascending or decumbent, 3-10 cm. Stipules ovate. Leaves usually in whorls of 4, obovate to spathulate, shortly petiolate, glabrous. Inflorescence usually much-branched. Sepals green, 1,5-2,3 m. Petals emarginate. Stamens 3-5. Seeds usually less than 0,5 m. Fl. 3-7. Cliffs, rocky & gravelly places, fields, waste ground, s.I.-1000 m.
W. C. Europe, Mediterranean area, Georgia, Syrian Desert, N. Iran, Arabia-Sinai.
