Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Caryophyllales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (4/24/22):
Geocarpon groenlandicum
FAMILY
Caryophyllaceae
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SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Minuartia groenlandica
FAMILY
Caryophyllaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Mononeuria groenlandica
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America
Minuartia groenlandica
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 071-11-005a:
Arenaria groenlandica var. groenlandica
FAMILY
Caryophyllaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Sabulina groenlandica
COMMON NAME:
Mountain Sandwort, Greenland Sandwort
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Diane Creaton dmc03307
June Avery County NC
The Roan Highlands
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JK Marlow jkm100626_056
June Avery County NC
The Roan Highlands
Lower leaves often form thick mats, from which stems grow 2-5" tall, per Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians.
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JK Marlow jkm0407u_30
July Mitchell County NC
The Roan Highlands
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JK Marlow jkm0407u_30b
July Mitchell County NC
The Roan Highlands
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Patrick D. McMillan pdmmgroenlandica_rm2
July NC-TN
The Roan Highlands
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Patrick D. McMillan pdmmgroenlandica_rm4
July NC-TN
The Roan Highlands
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Patrick D. McMillan pdmmgroenlandica_rm5
July NC-TN
The Roan Highlands
Flowers with 5 separate petals, each slightly notched at tip, per Wildflowers & Plant Communities of the Southern Appalachian Mountains and Piedmont.
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Keith Bradley kab_m_groenlandica_78722
August Essex County NY
Whiteface Mountain
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (4/24/22):
Geocarpon groenlandicum
FAMILY
Caryophyllaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Minuartia groenlandica
FAMILY
Caryophyllaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Mononeuria groenlandica
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America
Minuartia groenlandica
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 071-11-005a:
Arenaria groenlandica var. groenlandica
FAMILY
Caryophyllaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Sabulina groenlandica
936
Forb
Annual/Perennial
Native to North Carolina
Rare
Habitat: Low elevation rock outcrops (such as sandstone pavements in the VA Ridge and Valley) to high elevation rock outcrops in the Mountains (ascending to nearly 2000m on Roan Mountain), also disjunct on the summits of quartzite monadnocks in the upper Piedmont (such as Pilot Mountain, Surry County, NC and Hanging Rock, Stokes County, NC), per Weakley's Flora
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LEAVES:
Simple
Basal rosette
FLOWER:
Spring/Summer/Fall
White
Usually bisexual
Radially symmetrical
5 sepals
5 petals
5-10 stamens
Superior ovary
FRUIT:
Spring/Summer/Fall
Capsule
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- Newcomb's Wildflower Guide p276
- Wildflowers of Tennessee p054?
- Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians p077
- Wildflowers & Plant Communities of the Southern Appalachian Mountains and Piedmont p405
- Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains p041