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Photographer: Robert W. Freckmann
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Family Caryophyllaceae
Moehringia lateriflora (L.) Fenzl
grove sandwort, wood sandwort, blunt-leaf sandwort
Moehringia: for Paul Heinrich Gerhard, 18th century German botanist
lateriflora: with flowers on the side
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| Status: | Native |
| Plant: | erect, perennial, 4"-12" tall forb; leafy, hairy stems; from colony-forming rhizomes |
| Flower: | white, 5-parted, 1/3"-1/2" wide, petals about twice as long as the sepals, sepals oblong to elliptic with mostly rounded or blunt tips; inflorescence with 1-5 stalked flowers in a branched cluster (cyme); blooms May-Aug. |
| Fruit: | capsule with 6 silts opening nearly to the base when mature; smooth, glossy seeds |
| Leaf: | Opposite pairs, relatively broad with a blunt tip, 1/3"-1" long, no stipules, hairy |
| Habitat: | dry to moist; woods, forests, riverbanks |
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