Blunt-leaf Sandwort, Grove Sandwort, Moehringia lateriflora (L.), Arenaria lateriflora, Native Minnesota Wildflower plant, Eloise Butler Wildflower Garden

	Plants of the Eloise Butler Wildflower Garden
	Common Name	Scientific Name	Plant Family	Garden Location	Prime Season
	Blunt-leaved Sandwort	Moehringia lateriflora (L.) Fenzl [old=Arenaria lateriflora]	Pink	Upland	Spring to Early Summer
Other names and notes	(Grove Sandwort). Sandworts are low plants with short opposite leaves and small white flowers in a terminal cluster. This plant has 1/2" wide 5 petal flowers on weak stems that are up to 10" high and will be found growing in small groups along the Upland path near station 36. The common name also refers to the plant frequently being found in gravelly places.


Above: A grouping in late May, Upland Garden

Notes: Eloise Butler first observed this plant growing in the Garden on April 26, 1908. The botanical name in use in her time was Arenaria lateriflora. This plant was listed on Martha Crone's 1951 inventory of plants in the Garden at that time. It is native to most counties in Minnesota except those in the SW, a few in the far north and Cook.

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References: Plant characteristics are generally from sources 15, 16, 30, 31, 33, W2 & W3. Distribution principally from W2 and also 31, 34 and W1. Planting history generally from 1, 4 & 4a. Other sources by specific reference. See Reference List for details.

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