Arenaria (plant)
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Arenaria is a genus of flowering plants, within the family Caryophyllaceae.
Species of this genus are among those plants commonly known as "sandworts". Several species formerly classified within Arenaria are now classed in the genera Spergularia, Eremogone and Minuartia.
Selected species
- Arenaria aberrans - Mt. Dellenbaugh sandwort
- Arenaria aculeata - prickly sandwort
- Arenaria balearica - Corsican/Mossy Sandwort
- Arenaria bolosii
- Arenaria capillaris - slender mountain sandwort
- Arenaria ciliata
- Arenaria congesta - ballhead sandwort
- Arenaria decussata
- Arenaria franklinii
- Arenaria glabra
- Arenaria gothica
- Arenaria graminifolia
- Arenaria gypsophiloides
- Arenaria juncea
- Arenaria lateriflora - Blunt-leaved sandwort
- Arenaria livermorensis
- Arenaria macradenia
- Arenaria macrophylla - Large-leaved sandwort
- Arenaria montana : Mountain sandwort
- Arenaria nevadensis
- Arenaria norvegica: Arctic/Norwegian sandwort or English sandwort
- Arenaria paludicola : Marsh sandwort
- Arenaria procera
- Arenaria radians
- Arenaria serpyllifolia : Thyme leaf sandwort
- Arenaria ursina : Bear Valley sandwort
- Arenaria verna - Golden moss, Irish moss [3]
Recently described:
- Eremogone cliftonii - Clifton's eremogone
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External links
References
- ^ Johnson, Derek; Kershaw, Linda, Plants of the Western Boreal Forest and Aspen Parkland, Edmonton, Alberta: Lone Pine Publishing and the Canadian Forest Service, p. 102, ISBN 1-55105-058-7
{{citation}}: Unknown parameter|coauthors=ignored (|author=suggested) (help) - ^ Chapman, Ross, The Discoverer's Guide to Elk Island National Park, Edmonton, Alberta: Lone Pine Publishing and the Friends of Elk Island Society, p. 88, ISBN 0-919433-89-8
- ^ Bluestone Perennials: Arenaria verna 'Aurea'
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