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Polycarpon tetraphyllum (L.) L.

Synonyms

Alsine polycarpa, Holosteum tetraphyllum, Mollugo tetraphylla, Polycarpaea tetraphylla, Polycarpon floribundum

Extract from Wikipedia article

Polycarpon tetraphyllum, commonly known as four-leaved allseed (also fourleaf allseed or fourleaf manyseed), is a plant of the family Caryophyllaceae (pinks). An annual herb growing to 15 cm in height, it is found on sandy soils, in coastal areas and on wasteland. Native to Europe, it is also naturalised in parts of North America, Australia and elsewhere. It is rare in Britain, except in the Scilly Isles.

Plant of fourleaf allseed (Polycarpon tetraphyllum) growing from a crevice on United Nations Street in Onaiza area. Doha, Qatar, February 2, 2016
United Nations St, Doha, Qatar

Plant of fourleaf allseed (Polycarpon tetraphyllum) on United Nations Street in Onaiza area. Doha, Qatar, February 2, 2016
United Nations St, Doha, Qatar

Close up of a plant of fourleaf allseed (Polycarpon tetraphyllum) on United Nations Street in Onaiza area. Doha, Qatar, February 2, 2016
United Nations St, Doha, Qatar

Plant of four-leaved allseed (Polycarpon tetraphyllum) taken from United Nations Street in Onaiza area. Doha, Qatar, February 2, 2016

Plant of four-leaved allseed (Polycarpon tetraphyllum) on white background taken from United Nations Street in Onaiza area. Doha, Qatar, February 2, 2016

Plant of four-leaved allseed (Polycarpon tetraphyllum) with tiny flowers taken from United Nations Street in Onaiza area. Doha, Qatar, February 2, 2016

Fourleaf manyseed (Polycarpon tetraphyllum) on United Nations Street in Onaiza area. Doha, Qatar, March 14, 2016
United Nations St, Doha, Qatar

Fourleaf manyseed (Polycarpon tetraphyllum) on sidewalk of United Nations Street in Onaiza area. Doha, Qatar, March 14, 2016
United Nations St, Doha, Qatar

Fourleaf manyseed (Polycarpon tetraphyllum) on a crevice of sidewalk of United Nations Street in Onaiza area. Doha, Qatar, March 14, 2016
United Nations St, Doha, Qatar

Fourleaf manyseed (Polycarpon tetraphyllum) on cracks of sidewalk of United Nations Street in Onaiza area. Doha, Qatar, March 14, 2016
United Nations St, Doha, Qatar

Fourleaf manyseed (Polycarpon tetraphyllum) on pavement of sidewalk of United Nations Street in Onaiza area. Doha, Qatar, March 14, 2016
United Nations St, Doha, Qatar

Fourleaf allseed (Polycarpon tetraphyllum) growing from crevices on pavement of sidewalk of United Nations Street in Onaiza area. Doha, Qatar, March 14, 2016
United Nations St, Doha, Qatar

Plant of fourleaf allseed (Polycarpon tetraphyllum) on sidewalk of United Nations Street in Onaiza area. Doha, Qatar, March 14, 2016
United Nations St, Doha, Qatar

Fourleaf allseed (Polycarpon tetraphyllum) on pavement of sidewalk of United Nations Street in Onaiza area. Doha, Qatar, March 14, 2016
United Nations St, Doha, Qatar

Close up of fourleaf allseed (Polycarpon tetraphyllum) on pavement of sidewalk of United Nations Street in Onaiza area. Doha, Qatar, March 14, 2016
United Nations St, Doha, Qatar

Branch of fourleaf allseed (Polycarpon tetraphyllum) taken from sidewalk of United Nations Street in Onaiza area. Doha, Qatar, March 14, 2016

Plant of fourleaf allseed (Polycarpon tetraphyllum) taken from United Nations Street in Onaiza area. Doha, Qatar, March 14, 2016

Fourleaf allseed (Polycarpon tetraphyllum) in Onaiza area. Doha, Qatar, March 24, 2016
Al Jamiaa St, Doha, Qatar

Polycarpon tetraphyllum taken from United Nations Street in Onaiza area. Doha, Qatar, March 31, 2016

Branch of four-leaved allseed (Polycarpon tetraphyllum) taken from Onaiza area. Doha, Qatar, April 18, 2016

Links

• Flora of Qatar.
• Unknown plants or plants without names.
• Duplicate and extra pictures of plants.
• Earlier version of collection of plants.
• Other collections of pictures from Qatar: Lizards of Qatar, Cats of Qatar, Camels of Qatar, and Fish of Qatar.
• Picture archives.
• Home page of A. Sergeev.

Outside links

• Polycarpon tetraphyllum, Wikipedia article
• Polycarpon tetraphyllum from www.theplantlist.org
• Ekhlas M. M. Abdel Bary, The Flora of Qatar, Volume I: The Dicotyledons. Doha 2012
• Flora of Qatar, Volume II: The Monocotyledons
• Illustrated Checklist of the Flora of Qatar. John Norton et al. 2009
• Qatar eNature. Flora
• Ali Al-Rawi, Flowering plants of Kuwait, 1985
• Plants of Kuwait
• Flora of Saudi Arabia, Al-Qassim Region
• Flora of Eastern Saudi Arabia by Rain and Dust at Flickr
• Plants of South-Western Morocco
• Pictures from Qatar (Flickr/cpmkutty)
• Arabian plants by Gary Brown
• Flora of Israel

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• Full names, synonyms, and classification of plants were found online from catalogueoflife.org and theplantlist.org using a script.
• Pictures of plants were selected from a database using a script.
• This web page was written using a script.

Acknowledgements

QNHG (Qatar Natural History Group) and associated people, for a possibility to participate in their field excursions and to learn about local nature.