Moehringia lateriflora (Blunt-Leaved Sandwort) - photos and description
Origin: Native.
General: Delicate, weak-stemmed woodland species.
Flowers: Flowers usually solitary, white, flowers measured at 9 mm diameter, and petal at 5 mm long. Bracts blunt-tipped, ovate, bract measured at 2 mm long.
Leaves: Leaves elliptical, opposite, ciliate, pubescent below on midrib, leaf highlighted in photo above was 2 cm long by 7 mm wide.
Height: Height listed in Flora of Alberta to 20 cm, we measured plants to 20 cm tall.
Habitat: Moist woodlands.
Abundance: Common.
Synonym: Listed in some of the guides we use as Arenaria lateriflora.
When and where photographed: Photos taken June 22nd, moist aspen woods, about 70 km southeast of our home in Regina, SK.