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Photographer: Ian Shackleford
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Family Caryophyllaceae
Moehringia macrophylla (Hook.) Fenzl
large-leaved sandwort
Moehringia: for Paul Heinrich Gerhard, 18th century German botanist
macrophylla: macros for "large;" phyllos for "leaf"
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| Status: | Endangered |
| Plant: | weakly erect, perennial, 2"-10" tall forb; leafy, hairy stems; from colony forming rhizomes |
| Flower: | white, 5-parted, 1/4"-1/2" wide, petals about 4 times as long as the sepals, sepals lance-like with pointed tips; inflorescence with 1-5 stalked flowers in a branched cluster (cyme); blooms May-Aug. |
| Fruit: | capsule shorter than the sepals, round to oblong with 6 silts opening only to middle when mature; seeds with a small appendage |
| Leaf: | lance-like to elliptic usually with a pointed tip, 3/4"-2" long |
| Habitat: | cliffs |
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