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sandwort

DEFINITIONS OF: sandwort

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n loosely matted plant with moss-like foliage studded with tiny starry four-petaled white blossoms; mountains of central and southern Europe

Synonyms:
Moehringia mucosa
Type of:
flower
a plant cultivated for its blooms or blossoms

n low-growing herb having clusters of small white four-petaled flowers

Synonyms:
Moehringia lateriflora
Type of:
flower
a plant cultivated for its blooms or blossoms

n low-growing chiefly perennial plant usually with small white flowers suitable for e.g. rock gardens

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Arenaria groenlandica, mountain daisy, mountain sandwort, mountain starwort
boreal or alpine sandwort
Arenaria caroliniana, longroot, pine-barren sandwort
deep-rooted perennial of southeastern United States
Arenaria peploides, seabeach sandwort
perennial succulent herb with small solitary axillary or terminal flowers
Arenaria stricta, rock sandwort
low perennial tufted plant of southeastern North America
Arenaria serpyllifolia, thyme-leaved sandwort
Eurasian annual sprawling plant naturalized throughout North America
Type of:
flower
a plant cultivated for its blooms or blossoms
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