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What

largeleaf sandwort Moehringia macrophylla

Observer

kueda

Date

Jun 13, 2010 11:27 AM PDT

Description

Moehringia macrophylla. Another small, inconscpicuous flower. Kind of reminds me of lily-of-the-valley from the back East.

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Description from Wikipedia

Moehringia is a genus of flowering plants in the family Caryophyllaceae. Members of this genus and of some other genera in Caryophyllaceae are commonly called sandworts. They are found only in the north temperate zone. Moehringia was established by Linnaeus in 1753. Its type species is M. muscosa. By 1992, there were 31 recognized species. In 2007, Fior and Karis transferred four species from Moehringia to Arenaria, leaving Moehringia with 27 species. M. fontqueri, M. intricata,...

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