Arenaria (plant)

Arenaria
Arenaria capillaris
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
(unranked):	Angiosperms
(unranked):	Eudicots
(unranked):	Core eudicots
Order:	Caryophyllales
Family:	Caryophyllaceae
Genus:	Arenaria L.
Species
~150, See text.

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

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• 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 fendleri - Fendler's sandwort
• 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

• Jepson Manual Treatment
• USDA Plants Profile: North American species

References