Taxonomy

Classification

Group: Spermatophytina (Spermatophytes)
Family: Caryophyllaceae (Pink family)
Genus: Arenaria (Sandwort)

Synonyms

Related species

Arenaria biflora L.
Arenaria ciliata L. - Fringed Sandwort
Arenaria moehringioides Murr
Arenaria serpyllifolia L. - Thyme-Leaved Sandwort
Arenaria leptoclados (Rchb.) Guss. - Slender Sandwort

Traits

Maximal 20 cm tall, perennial. flowers: whitish. perianth: per whorl 5‑leaved. petals: up to 1.3‑times as long as the sepals. sepals: free, acute. styli: 3. fruits: capsules, 6‑dentate, capsule teeth incised up to 30 %. seeds: reniform. stem: herbaceous. leaves: lanc...

You find the complete description in our identification books.

Distribution

Distribution in Europe

Legend

The colours represent the floristic status of the species in the respective region. Green indicates native occurrences, light green naturalized occurrences. Adventive occurrences are represented by light yellow shades and plants that are cultivated (but rarely occur in the wild) are dark yellow. Grey colours are used, if the floristic status of species is unknown or uncertain.

Ecology

Links

• Floraweb (deutsch)
• inflora.CH (deutsch)
• wiki (deutsch)
• Tela Botanica (français)
• inflora.CH (français)
• inflora.CH (italiano)