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Sandwort

noun
1.
Loosely matted plant with moss-like foliage studded with tiny starry four-petaled white blossoms; mountains of central and southern Europe.  Synonym: Moehringia mucosa.
2.
Low-growing herb having clusters of small white four-petaled flowers.  Synonym: Moehringia lateriflora.
3.
Low-growing chiefly perennial plant usually with small white flowers suitable for e.g. rock gardens.



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"Sandwort" Quotes from Famous Books



... similar feature may be noticed the wild succory, creeping mallow, purple sandwort, small bindweed, common nipplewort, and smooth sow-thistle. Then of course there is the pimpernel, known as the shepherd's clock and poor man's weather-glass; while the small purslane and the common garden lettuce are also included in ...
— The Folk-lore of Plants • T. F. Thiselton-Dyer


Words linked to "Sandwort" :   flower, Arenaria groenlandica, Moehringia, Arenaria caroliniana, genus Arenaria, longroot, genus Moehringia, mountain starwort, Arenaria, Arenaria serpyllifolia, Arenaria peploides, mountain daisy, Arenaria stricta


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