Arenaria (plant)
Arenaria is a genus of flowering plants, within the family Caryophyllaceae.
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| Arenaria montana | |
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Order: | Caryophyllales |
| Family: | Caryophyllaceae |
| Genus: | Arenaria L. |
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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
- Arenaria aberrans – Mt. Dellenbaugh sandwort
- Arenaria aculeata – prickly sandwort
- Arenaria balearica – Corsican/mossy sandwort
- Arenaria bolosii
- Arenaria bryophylla
- 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 leptoclados
- Arenaria libanotica
- 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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See also
- Similar genera that have been taxonomically intertwined with Arenaria:
References
- Johnson, Derek; Kershaw, Linda; Pojar, Jim; Mackinnon, Andy (1995), Plants of the Western Boreal Forest and Aspen Parkland, Edmonton, Alberta: Lone Pine Publishing and the Canadian Forest Service, p. 102, ISBN 1-55105-058-7
- Chapman, Ross (1991), The Discoverer's Guide to Elk Island National Park, Edmonton, Alberta: Lone Pine Publishing and the Friends of Elk Island Society, p. 88, ISBN 0-919433-89-8
- Bluestone Perennials: Arenaria verna 'Aurea' Archived September 10, 2011, at the Wayback Machine
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