sandwort

Other forms: sandworts

Definitions of sandwort

1. noun

   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
2. noun

   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
3. noun

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

   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