Moehringia lateriflora (Blunt-leaved grove-sandwort)

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Moehringia lateriflora (L.) Fenzl

Blunt-leaved grove-sandwort, bluntleaf sandwort

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Arenaria lateriflora L.
Arenaria lateriflora L. var. angustifolia (Regel) H. St. John
Arenaria lateriflora L. var. tayloriae H. St. John

6/16/2013 · Sonny and Donna’s, Tenant’s Harbor, Maine · ≈ 4½ × 4″ (11 × 10 cm)

5/30/2025 · Bass Falls Preserve, Alna, Maine · ≈ 2½ × 2½″ (6.6 × 6.3 cm)

6/13/2016 · Nashua River Rail Trail, Groton, Groton, Massachusetts

6/4/2021 · Robert P. Tristram Coffin Wild Flower Reservation, Woolwich, Maine · ≈ 6 × 4½″ (14 × 11 cm)

6/3/2024 · Antionette Jackson Trail, Freeport, Maine

6/9/2025 · Curtis Farm Preserve, Harpswell, Maine · ≈ 7 × 6″ (17 × 14 cm)

6/3/2024 · Antionette Jackson Trail, Freeport, Maine

6/4/2021 · Robert P. Tristram Coffin Wild Flower Reservation, Woolwich, Maine · ≈ 4 × 3½″ (10 × 9.2 cm)

5/13/2010 · Nashua River Rail Trail, Groton Center, Groton, Massachusetts · ≈ 2½ × 2½″ (7.2 × 7.1 cm)

6/16/2013 · Sonny and Donna’s, Tenant’s Harbor, Maine · ≈ 8 × 5″ (19 × 13 cm)

Kingdom	Plantae	Plants, but not fungi, lichens, or algae (from Stearn's Botanical Latin)
Subkingdom	Tracheobionta	Vascular plants—plants with a “circulatory system” for delivering water and nutrients
Division	Magnoliophyta	Flowering plants, also known as angiosperms
Class	Magnoliopsida	Dicotyledons—plants with two initial seed leaves
Subclass	Caryophyllidae	Cacti, many other succulents, carnivorous plants, and leadworts
Order	Caryophyllales	Includes cacti, carnations, amaranths, ice plants, and many carnivorous plants
Family	Caryophyllaceae	Pink or carnation family
Genus	Moehringia	After German physician and ornithologist Paul Heinrich Gerhard Moehring (1710-1791)
Species	lateriflora	With flowers on the side

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Moehringia lateriflora description by Thomas H. Kent, not updated.