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Read more about Greenland Sandwort at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Caryophyllales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (5/21/15):
Mononeuria groenlandica
FAMILY
Caryophyllaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Minuartia groenlandica
FAMILY
Caryophyllaceae
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)
Sabulina groenlandica
COMMON NAME:
Greenland Sandwort, Mountain Sandwort
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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.
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.