Unless indicated otherwise, the following attributes are implicit throughout the descriptions, except where the characters concerned are inapplicable.
Vegetative morphology. Plants not caespitose; not vegetatively proliferating by bulbils or fragmentation. Taproot absent. Ground-level or under-ground stems not developed horizontally or vertically. Blades herbaceous. Blades adaxial surface dull. Blade margins glabrous.
Reproductive morphology. Plants bisexual. Flowering stems hairy. Flowering stems glandular hairs absent. Flowers in inflorescences. Inflorescence terminal. Calyx herbaceous. Petals longer than the calyx. Flowers bisexual.
Distribution. Northern hemisphere distribution: Canada.
Cite this publication as: ‘A.K. Brysting, P.J. Scott, and S.G. Aiken 2001 onwards. Caryophyllaceae of the Canadian Arctic Archipelago: Descriptions, Illustrations, Identification, and Information Retrieval. Version: 29th April 2003. http://www.mun.ca/biology/delta/arcticf/’. Dallwitz (1980), Dallwitz, Paine and Zurcher (1993, 1995, 2000) , and Aiken, Dallwitz et al. (1999) should also be cited (see References).