Arenaria (plant)
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Arenaria
Arenaria capillaris
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae Division: Magnoliophyta Class: Magnoliopsida Order: Caryophyllales Family: Caryophyllaceae Genus: Arenaria L.
Species
~150, See text.

Arenaria is a genus of flowering plants, within the family Caryophyllaceae.

Species of this genus are among those plants commonly known as "sandworts". Several species formerly classified within Arenaria are now classed in the genera Spergularia and Minuartia.

Species include:

• Arenaria aculeata - prickly sandwort
• Arenaria balearica - Corsican/Mossy Sandwort
• Arenaria bolosii
• Arenaria capillaris - slender mountain sandwort
• Arenaria ciliata
• Arenaria congesta - ballhead sandwort
• Arenaria decussata
• Arenaria franklinii
• Arenaria glabra
• Arenaria gothica
• Arenaria graminifolia
• Arenaria gypsophiloides
• Arenaria juncea
• Arenaria macradenia
• Arenaria montana : Mountain sandwort
• Arenaria nevadensis
• Arenaria norvegicus: Arctic/Norwegian sandwort or English sandwort
• Arenaria paludicola : Marsh sandwort
• Arenaria procera
• Arenaria radians
• Arenaria serpyllifolia : Thyme leaf sandwort
• Arenaria ursina : Bear Valley sandwort

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External links

• Jepson Manual Treatment
• USDA Plants Profile: North American species

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