Drymaria cordata

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Family:CARYOPHYLLACEAE
Species:Drymaria cordata (L.) Willd. ex Schult.
Common Name:West Indian Chickweed; White Snow
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Growth Habit:Herb
Duration:Annual
Category:Vascular
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Plant Notes:West Indian Chickweed is an introduced herbaceous annual in the Pink family (Caryophyllaceae). It is native to Mexico, the West Indies, Central and South America. In Alabama in can be found in the southern half of the state. West Indian Chickweed occurs in lawns, in gardens, in flower beds, and in other disturbed areas. It is an annual with a tap root. The stems are prostrate, green in color, glabrous to glandular pubescent, and root at some nodes. Leaves are petiolate, opposite, orbicular to reniform in outline, entire, and glabrous. Flowers are produced in terminal and axillary cymes. Each flower has 5 lanceolate green sepals with white margins, and 5 white 2-lobed petals. The fruit is a capsule. Young leaves and stems of West Indian Chickweed can be eaten raw in a salad or cooked. It has been used in various forms as a treatment for respiratory disorders. In Africa and India, it is grown as a ground cover in coffee and tea plantations to prevent soil erosion.—A. Diamond
Taxonomic Notes:**
Status:Native, FAC (NWI)
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Specimen: View specimen details in the Alabama Herbarium Consortium Specimen Database

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Classification

FamilyCARYOPHYLLACEAE - Pink family
Genus Drymaria
Species Drymaria cordata (L.) Willd. ex Schult. - West Indian Chickweed; White Snow

Citation

Citation Drymaria cordata (Linnaeus) Willdenow ex Schultes, Syst. Veg., ed. 15 bis. 5: 406. 1819.
Basionym: Holosteum cordatum L. 1753.
Type: Without data (lectotype: Hermann, Parad. Bot. t. 11. 1698). Lectotypified by W. C. Burger, in Cafferty & C.E. Jarvis, Taxon 53: 1052. 2004.

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Synonyms

SynonymFull CitationBasionymType
Drymaria adenophora Drymaria adenophora Urban, Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 21: 213. 1925. CUBA: Pinar del Rio: Cortez, 27 Mar 1921, Ekman 12798 (holotype: ?; isotype: NY).
Drymaria cordata var. diandra Drymaria cordata (Linnaeus) Willdenow ex Schultes, var. diandra (Swartz) Grisebach, Fl. Brit. W.I. 56. 1859.Holosteum diandrum Swartz 1788. 
Drymaria cordata var. pacifica Drymaria cordata (Linnaeus) Willdenow ex Schultes, var. pacifica Mizushima, J. Jap. Bot. 32: 78. 1957.  
Drymaria cordata var. puberula Drymaria cordata (Linnaeus) Willdenow ex Schultes, var. puberula Triana & Planchon, Ann. Sci. Nat., Bot., ser. 4. 17: 148. 1862. COLOMBIA
Drymaria diandra Drymaria diandra (Swartz) Macfadyen, Fl. Jamaica 1: 52. 1837, non Blume 1825.Holosteum diandrum Swartz 1788. 
Drymaria procumbens Drymaria procumbens Rose, Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 1: 304. 1895. MEXICO: Colima: Vicinity of Colima, 9 Jan-6 Feb 1891, Palmer 1165 (holotype: US; isotype: NY).
Holosteum diandrum Holosteum diandrum Swartz, Prodr. 27. 1788. JAMAICA
Holosteum cordatum Holosteum cordatum Linnaeus, Sp. Pl. 88. 1753. Without data (lectotype: Hermann, Parad. Bot. t. 11. 1698). Lectotypified by W. C. Burger, in Cafferty & C. E. Jarvis, Taxon 53: 1052. 2004.
Stellaria adenophora Stellaria adenophora (Urban) Léon, Contr. Ocas. Mus. Hist. Nat. Colegio "De La Salle" 9: 4. 1950.Drymaria adenophora Urban 1925. 

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; choose a county or herbaria to filter the specimen data.

Counties included on distribution map: Baldwin, Geneva, Lee, Mobile

Counties represented by specimen data listed below:

Herbaria represented by specimen data listed below: ALNHS, AMAL, AUA, TROY, UWAL

Range of years during which specimens were collected: -

Barcode / Accession No. County Coll. Date Collector &
Collection No.		 Herbarium &
Herbarium Name Used		 Image
AUA_ACC_22646 Lee 4 Nov 1971 Boone, Allison
317		 AUA
Drymaria Cordata (L.) Willd. Ex J. A. Schultes
UWAL0002325 Baldwin 28 Oct 2008 Spaulding, Daniel D.
13079		 UWAL
Drymaria cordata (L.) Willd. ex J.A. Schultes
TROY000044599 Geneva 17 Aug 2017 Byrd, Cameron
1411		 TROY
Drymaria cordata (Linnaeus) Willdenow ex J.A. Schultes
UWAL0043041 Baldwin 04 Nov 2004 Larsen, Harry S.
1405		 UWAL
Drymaria cordata (L.) Willd. ex Schult.
ALNHS00007065 Mobile 18 Nov 2020 Barger, T. Wayne
SP#5412		 ALNHS
Drymaria cordata (L.) Willd. ex J.A. Schutes
AMAL00019791 Mobile 06 Feb 2013 Horne, Howard E.
1971		 AMAL
Drymaria cordata (Linnaeus) Willdenow ex J.A. Schultes
TROY000046220 Baldwin 28 Oct 2008 Spaulding, Daniel D.
13079		 TROY
Drymaria cordata (Linnaeus) Willdenow ex J.A. Schultes
UWAL0016808 Mobile 06 Feb 2013 Horne, Howard E.
1971		 UWAL
Drymaria cordata (Linnaeus) Willdenow ex J.A. Schultes
AMAL00005354 Baldwin 28 Oct 2008 Spaulding, Daniel D.
13079		 AMAL
Drymaria cordata (Linnaeus) Willdenow ex J.A. Schultes
ALNHS00001856 Mobile 14 May 2013 Barger, T. Wayne
SP#992		 ALNHS
Drymaria cordata (L.) Willd.
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